The court ruled 4-3 against the white applicant challenging the University of Texas at Austin plan in a case closely watched for its implications both in higher education and for similar school district efforts. View full post on The School Law Blog – Education Week #pso #htcs #b4inc Read More…
Orwellian Justice Upholds NSA Spying on Americans: Court of Appeals Upholds Unconstitutional Mass Surveillance
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The threshold issue is whether plaintiffs have a reasonable expectation of privacy that is violated when the Government indiscriminately collects their telephone metadata along with the metadata of hundreds of millions of other citizens without any particularized suspicion of wrongdoing, retains…
Supreme Court upholds strip searches for any offense
By Mark Sherman Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that jailers may subject people arrested for minor offenses to invasive strip searches, siding with security needs over privacy rights. By a 5-4 vote, the court ruled against a New Jersey man who complained that strip searches in…
Appeals Court Upholds Constitutionality of FISA (December 29, 2011)
9th US Circuit Court of Appeals said that 2008′s Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which granted telecommunications companies immunity to aiding the National Security Agency (NSA) with wiretapping efforts, is constitutional……. View full post on SANS NewsBites View full post on National Cyber Security
