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The Massachusetts Supreme Court has restored a bit of its citizens' Fourth Amendment rights, even if the decision finding that law enforcement needs a warrant to obtain cellphone location data specifically doesn't address that. (via How Appealing) The Supreme Judicial Court, ruling in a case with echoes of the controversy over the National Security Agency’s…

A federal appeals court ruled 2-0 Tuesday that students at two universities can pursue lawsuits seeking tuition reductions and fee refunds because of the switch to remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Joe Biden Apologizes To Anita Hill Above The Law Trump Is Dangerously Cutting Corners In His Quest To Remake The Judiciary How Appealing Former Eli Lilly USA President In Line To Be Next HHS Secretary (Updated) MedCity News Bitcoin’s Inexorable Rally Interrupted By Fleeting Realization Of Its Utter Inability To Function As A Currency Dealbreaker  

A federal appeals court has refused to block the prosecution of a Massachusetts judge and her courtroom deputy, who were accused of helping an immigrant evade arrest by immigration officials.

The dean of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School plans to seek university sanctions against a tenured law professor now under fire for remarks about “problematic” immigration by the “Asian elite.”

A controversial professor at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School is once again drawing condemnation, this time for remarks about “problematic” immigration by the “Asian elite.”

Maybe the answer to the counter-majoritarian difficulty was branding all along?

Web designer who offers wedding websites can be compelled to serve same-sex couples, 10th Circuit says   Image from Shutterstock. A Colorado anti-discrimination law can be used to compel a website designer who wants to create wedding websites to offer her services to people celebrating same-sex marriages, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at Denver ruled 2-1 against website designer Lorie Smith and her company, 303 Creative, in a lawsuit filed before ...

Afternoon Briefs: Judge requires COVID-19 vaccine for some probationers; are Breyer hirings a sign?   Judge requires vaccine as condition of probation Judge Richard Frye of Franklin County, Ohio, is requiring some criminal defendants to get the COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of probation. None of the defendants raised philosophical, medical or religious objections, Frye told the Ohio Capital Journal and WSYX. Gary Daniels, a lobbyist with the American Civil Liberties Union, said the probation...

Afternoon Briefs: SCOTUS overturns another agency structure; corporate diversity suit allowed   Supreme Court rules FHFA structure is unconstitutional The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the structure of the Federal Housing Finance Agency is unconstitutional because its director can only be removed by a U.S. president for cause. The decision will allow President Joe Biden to replace the Trump appointee leading the agency, which regulates mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. T...