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· Aug 6
BIG Fourth Amendment win.
"Tower dumps are per se unconstitutional general warrants," U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves held last night in Mississippi.
The court relied on Chatrie and Smith, landmark NACDL Fourth Amendment Center victories.
Read the ruling:
www.nacdl.org/getattachmen...
"Tower dumps are per se unconstitutional general warrants," U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves held last night in Mississippi.
The court relied on Chatrie and Smith, landmark NACDL Fourth Amendment Center victories.
Read the ruling:
www.nacdl.org/getattachmen...
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🚨 The Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administration's bid to impose new mail-in voting restrictions for the 2026 midterms. Ballots will keep moving through USPS as usual.🧵
NPR ↓
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NPR ↓
www.npr.org/2026/09/14/n...
The Supreme Court rejects Trump's mail voting restrictions for this year's midterms
The Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administration's request to allow mail-in voting restrictions under a U.S. Postal Service plan for the midterm general election.
www.npr.org
September 15, 2026 at 12:18 AM
🚨 The Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administration's bid to impose new mail-in voting restrictions for the 2026 midterms. Ballots will keep moving through USPS as usual.🧵
NPR ↓
www.npr.org/2026/09/14/n...
NPR ↓
www.npr.org/2026/09/14/n...
🚨 The Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administration's bid to impose new mail-in voting restrictions for the 2026 midterms. Ballots will keep moving through USPS as usual.🧵
NPR ↓
www.npr.org/2026/09/14/n...
NPR ↓
www.npr.org/2026/09/14/n...
The Supreme Court rejects Trump's mail voting restrictions for this year's midterms
The Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administration's request to allow mail-in voting restrictions under a U.S. Postal Service plan for the midterm general election.
www.npr.org
September 15, 2026 at 12:18 AM
🚨 The Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administration's bid to impose new mail-in voting restrictions for the 2026 midterms. Ballots will keep moving through USPS as usual.🧵
NPR ↓
www.npr.org/2026/09/14/n...
NPR ↓
www.npr.org/2026/09/14/n...
AI-powered surveillance is spreading fast across Maine. License plate readers and AI cameras log where people go, often with no vote, no notice, and no warrant.👀
NACDL's Fourth Amendment Center
@4ac.NACDL.org
senior litigator Sidney Thaxter⚖️ on the threat to privacy. 🧵
NACDL's Fourth Amendment Center
@4ac.NACDL.org
senior litigator Sidney Thaxter⚖️ on the threat to privacy. 🧵
September 14, 2026 at 3:46 PM
AI-powered surveillance is spreading fast across Maine. License plate readers and AI cameras log where people go, often with no vote, no notice, and no warrant.👀
NACDL's Fourth Amendment Center
@4ac.NACDL.org
senior litigator Sidney Thaxter⚖️ on the threat to privacy. 🧵
NACDL's Fourth Amendment Center
@4ac.NACDL.org
senior litigator Sidney Thaxter⚖️ on the threat to privacy. 🧵
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9/11 ANOTHER WORLD WAS POSSIBLE
We could have responded by putting the terrorists on trial—as the overwhelming majority of our NATO allies’ population (and the rest of the world) wanted.
Instead, we responded with war—just what the terrorists wanted. It made them warriors, not criminals.
We could have responded by putting the terrorists on trial—as the overwhelming majority of our NATO allies’ population (and the rest of the world) wanted.
Instead, we responded with war—just what the terrorists wanted. It made them warriors, not criminals.
September 11, 2026 at 12:50 PM
9/11 ANOTHER WORLD WAS POSSIBLE
We could have responded by putting the terrorists on trial—as the overwhelming majority of our NATO allies’ population (and the rest of the world) wanted.
Instead, we responded with war—just what the terrorists wanted. It made them warriors, not criminals.
We could have responded by putting the terrorists on trial—as the overwhelming majority of our NATO allies’ population (and the rest of the world) wanted.
Instead, we responded with war—just what the terrorists wanted. It made them warriors, not criminals.
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In the past 25 years, I've represented many New Yorkers who suffered injuries as they worked to help our city heal after 9/11. Despite grave risks to their own well-being, they went to Ground Zero, every day, to repair our streets, our homes, our lives
These unsung heroes must never be forgotten
These unsung heroes must never be forgotten
25 years after the horrific terror attacks of September 11th, 2001, we remember the New Yorkers we lost and honor the extraordinary heroism and selflessness that carried our city forward.
September 11, 2026 at 5:19 AM
In the past 25 years, I've represented many New Yorkers who suffered injuries as they worked to help our city heal after 9/11. Despite grave risks to their own well-being, they went to Ground Zero, every day, to repair our streets, our homes, our lives
These unsung heroes must never be forgotten
These unsung heroes must never be forgotten
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Your location data, search history, and personal devices shouldn't be a warrantless fishing expedition.
Essential insights here from @nacdl.org on protecting constitutional rights against unchecked digital surveillance. Must-read @wired.com piece by @dmehro.bsky.social ⚖️
Essential insights here from @nacdl.org on protecting constitutional rights against unchecked digital surveillance. Must-read @wired.com piece by @dmehro.bsky.social ⚖️
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🚨 New from @wired.com: Clearview AI is quietly testing "InquiryIQ" — an experimental AI tool that takes one face-match hit and fans out across the web to auto-build a dossier on you: employers, aliases, associates, addresses, arrest history. 🧵
🚨 New from @wired.com: Clearview AI is quietly testing "InquiryIQ" — an experimental AI tool that takes one face-match hit and fans out across the web to auto-build a dossier on you: employers, aliases, associates, addresses, arrest history. 🧵
September 10, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Your location data, search history, and personal devices shouldn't be a warrantless fishing expedition.
Essential insights here from @nacdl.org on protecting constitutional rights against unchecked digital surveillance. Must-read @wired.com piece by @dmehro.bsky.social ⚖️
Essential insights here from @nacdl.org on protecting constitutional rights against unchecked digital surveillance. Must-read @wired.com piece by @dmehro.bsky.social ⚖️
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🚨 New from @wired.com: Clearview AI is quietly testing "InquiryIQ" — an experimental AI tool that takes one face-match hit and fans out across the web to auto-build a dossier on you: employers, aliases, associates, addresses, arrest history. 🧵
🚨 New from @wired.com: Clearview AI is quietly testing "InquiryIQ" — an experimental AI tool that takes one face-match hit and fans out across the web to auto-build a dossier on you: employers, aliases, associates, addresses, arrest history. 🧵
September 10, 2026 at 1:23 PM
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🚨 New from @wired.com: Clearview AI is quietly testing "InquiryIQ" — an experimental AI tool that takes one face-match hit and fans out across the web to auto-build a dossier on you: employers, aliases, associates, addresses, arrest history. 🧵
🚨 New from @wired.com: Clearview AI is quietly testing "InquiryIQ" — an experimental AI tool that takes one face-match hit and fans out across the web to auto-build a dossier on you: employers, aliases, associates, addresses, arrest history. 🧵
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Judge Higginson wonders if Louisiana is "asking the federal government to help you impose your criminal laws" and whether the national restrictions the state wants would infringe on the rights of states that allow abortion. More on this --> www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
Louisiana’s abortion pill case could wipe out access in blue states
Red states claiming "sovereign injury" seek to impose nationwide restrictions.
www.politico.com
September 9, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Judge Higginson wonders if Louisiana is "asking the federal government to help you impose your criminal laws" and whether the national restrictions the state wants would infringe on the rights of states that allow abortion. More on this --> www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Arguments are kicking off now. Listen live here: www.ca5.uscourts.gov/live-streams
September 9, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Arguments are kicking off now. Listen live here: www.ca5.uscourts.gov/live-streams
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Police scanned Flock cameras in a single town in Illinois more than 1,200 times to investigate cases of loitering.
Cops Are Using Flock to Spy on People for the Crime of Standing Around
Police scanned Flock cameras in a single town in Illinois more than 1,200 times to investigate cases of loitering.
theintercept.com
September 9, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Police scanned Flock cameras in a single town in Illinois more than 1,200 times to investigate cases of loitering.
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A Virginia mother let her 5-year-old walk a half-mile to a pond in their own gated community.
For that, she was criminally convicted, handed a 6-month suspended sentence, and placed on a child-abuse registry for 7 years. 🧵
A Virginia mother let her 5-year-old walk a half-mile to a pond in their own gated community.
For that, she was criminally convicted, handed a 6-month suspended sentence, and placed on a child-abuse registry for 7 years. 🧵
September 9, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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A Virginia mother let her 5-year-old walk a half-mile to a pond in their own gated community.
For that, she was criminally convicted, handed a 6-month suspended sentence, and placed on a child-abuse registry for 7 years. 🧵
A Virginia mother let her 5-year-old walk a half-mile to a pond in their own gated community.
For that, she was criminally convicted, handed a 6-month suspended sentence, and placed on a child-abuse registry for 7 years. 🧵
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1/5 The right to a jury trial is vanishing.
The overwhelming majority of criminal convictions now come from guilty pleas, not verdicts. Fewer and fewer people ever face a jury of their peers.
Here is why that matters, and what some organizations are doing about it. 🧵
The overwhelming majority of criminal convictions now come from guilty pleas, not verdicts. Fewer and fewer people ever face a jury of their peers.
Here is why that matters, and what some organizations are doing about it. 🧵
September 8, 2026 at 12:08 PM
1/5 The right to a jury trial is vanishing.
The overwhelming majority of criminal convictions now come from guilty pleas, not verdicts. Fewer and fewer people ever face a jury of their peers.
Here is why that matters, and what some organizations are doing about it. 🧵
The overwhelming majority of criminal convictions now come from guilty pleas, not verdicts. Fewer and fewer people ever face a jury of their peers.
Here is why that matters, and what some organizations are doing about it. 🧵
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The anti-Brown racism (and the surveillance state) we are (re)encountering was in great part birthed by 9/11 - I have reported on in multiple stories how that hatred, bigotry and violence also gave a new generation of South Asian and brown Americans a push into politics: www.npr.org/2023/01/05/1...
September 8, 2026 at 12:01 PM
The anti-Brown racism (and the surveillance state) we are (re)encountering was in great part birthed by 9/11 - I have reported on in multiple stories how that hatred, bigotry and violence also gave a new generation of South Asian and brown Americans a push into politics: www.npr.org/2023/01/05/1...
1/5 The right to a jury trial is vanishing.
The overwhelming majority of criminal convictions now come from guilty pleas, not verdicts. Fewer and fewer people ever face a jury of their peers.
Here is why that matters, and what some organizations are doing about it. 🧵
The overwhelming majority of criminal convictions now come from guilty pleas, not verdicts. Fewer and fewer people ever face a jury of their peers.
Here is why that matters, and what some organizations are doing about it. 🧵
September 8, 2026 at 12:08 PM
1/5 The right to a jury trial is vanishing.
The overwhelming majority of criminal convictions now come from guilty pleas, not verdicts. Fewer and fewer people ever face a jury of their peers.
Here is why that matters, and what some organizations are doing about it. 🧵
The overwhelming majority of criminal convictions now come from guilty pleas, not verdicts. Fewer and fewer people ever face a jury of their peers.
Here is why that matters, and what some organizations are doing about it. 🧵
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'The Vanishing Trial,' a powerful documentary by @famm.org and @nacdl.org , is now streaming on Kanopy!
The best part? You can watch it for free—just sign up through your local library or university.
https://pulse.ly/fikxuubrih
#VanishingTrial
The best part? You can watch it for free—just sign up through your local library or university.
https://pulse.ly/fikxuubrih
#VanishingTrial
September 3, 2026 at 4:59 PM
'The Vanishing Trial,' a powerful documentary by @famm.org and @nacdl.org , is now streaming on Kanopy!
The best part? You can watch it for free—just sign up through your local library or university.
https://pulse.ly/fikxuubrih
#VanishingTrial
The best part? You can watch it for free—just sign up through your local library or university.
https://pulse.ly/fikxuubrih
#VanishingTrial
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Hate Flock (and Axon too)? Check out this thread and the free webinar on how lawyers & activists are pushing back.
Lol. Axon: "We ain't them Flock snoopers you've learned to hate: we're a whole 'nother snooper you ain't hated yet!" 😆
Cops asked Axon to change their camera's shape "for the optics" while they "batten down the hatches." Same warrantless plate-tracking, new disguise. 👀
🧵 via @404media.co
Cops asked Axon to change their camera's shape "for the optics" while they "batten down the hatches." Same warrantless plate-tracking, new disguise. 👀
🧵 via @404media.co
September 2, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Hate Flock (and Axon too)? Check out this thread and the free webinar on how lawyers & activists are pushing back.
Lol. Axon: "We ain't them Flock snoopers you've learned to hate: we're a whole 'nother snooper you ain't hated yet!" 😆
Cops asked Axon to change their camera's shape "for the optics" while they "batten down the hatches." Same warrantless plate-tracking, new disguise. 👀
🧵 via @404media.co
Cops asked Axon to change their camera's shape "for the optics" while they "batten down the hatches." Same warrantless plate-tracking, new disguise. 👀
🧵 via @404media.co
September 2, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Lol. Axon: "We ain't them Flock snoopers you've learned to hate: we're a whole 'nother snooper you ain't hated yet!" 😆
Cops asked Axon to change their camera's shape "for the optics" while they "batten down the hatches." Same warrantless plate-tracking, new disguise. 👀
🧵 via @404media.co
Cops asked Axon to change their camera's shape "for the optics" while they "batten down the hatches." Same warrantless plate-tracking, new disguise. 👀
🧵 via @404media.co
“If ever there was a window into the soul to reveal the privacies of life, this seems like a good one.”
August 27, 2026 at 3:22 PM
“If ever there was a window into the soul to reveal the privacies of life, this seems like a good one.”
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Let us paint a picture:
- Discovery requests are due
- There’s some weird tech at play that you haven’t seen before or don’t know much about
- You’re not sure what’s happening or what to ask for
- Maybe you’re a little stressed
Sound familiar?
- Discovery requests are due
- There’s some weird tech at play that you haven’t seen before or don’t know much about
- You’re not sure what’s happening or what to ask for
- Maybe you’re a little stressed
Sound familiar?
August 25, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Let us paint a picture:
- Discovery requests are due
- There’s some weird tech at play that you haven’t seen before or don’t know much about
- You’re not sure what’s happening or what to ask for
- Maybe you’re a little stressed
Sound familiar?
- Discovery requests are due
- There’s some weird tech at play that you haven’t seen before or don’t know much about
- You’re not sure what’s happening or what to ask for
- Maybe you’re a little stressed
Sound familiar?
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Sadly, this news doesn't 'shock' us. Aggressive police tech & surveillance in schools have become the norm for youth today. More on this topic in our forthcoming report, "Algorithmic Adolescence." apnews.com/article/shoc...
Nebraska's largest school district asks police to stop using electric shock gloves on students
Omaha police agreed to stop carrying gloves that can deliver electric shocks in the halls of Nebraska's largest public school district.
apnews.com
August 21, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Sadly, this news doesn't 'shock' us. Aggressive police tech & surveillance in schools have become the norm for youth today. More on this topic in our forthcoming report, "Algorithmic Adolescence." apnews.com/article/shoc...
The Supreme Court held in Chatrie that people have a privacy interest in their cell phone location history. The ruling has potential impacts for a wide range of surveillance technologies. Join @nacdl4ac.bsky.social on Thu, Sep 10 to learn about the decision and how to apply it to your cases.
August 21, 2026 at 2:51 PM
The Supreme Court held in Chatrie that people have a privacy interest in their cell phone location history. The ruling has potential impacts for a wide range of surveillance technologies. Join @nacdl4ac.bsky.social on Thu, Sep 10 to learn about the decision and how to apply it to your cases.
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ALPR systems like Flock track more than your license plate! They can also do pattern analysis and search by “a place, a stretch of time, and a pattern of behavior.” Sound familiar? A virtual panopticon by any other name… www.wired.com/story/flock-...
Flock Has a Powerful New AI Tool for Police. We Got Its Code
Flock’s surveillance cameras have already sparked outrage. WIRED reconstructed its next-generation AI system, already in use by some police, to confirm it goes much further than tracking license plate...
www.wired.com
August 19, 2026 at 5:28 PM
ALPR systems like Flock track more than your license plate! They can also do pattern analysis and search by “a place, a stretch of time, and a pattern of behavior.” Sound familiar? A virtual panopticon by any other name… www.wired.com/story/flock-...
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Two small (14-seat) Journey jets originating in Mesa, AZ have just landed in Rzeszow, Poland about 30 min apart from each other. These flights likely mark the 5th time ICE Air flights have landed in Poland under Trump 2.
August 18, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Two small (14-seat) Journey jets originating in Mesa, AZ have just landed in Rzeszow, Poland about 30 min apart from each other. These flights likely mark the 5th time ICE Air flights have landed in Poland under Trump 2.
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A federal appeals court just blocked an end run around the Senate. On Monday the Ninth Circuit affirmed the disqualification of Sigal Chattah as Acting U.S. Attorney for Nevada. The panel was unanimous. Judge Eric Miller, a Trump appointee, wrote the opinion.
A federal appeals court just blocked an end run around the Senate. On Monday the Ninth Circuit affirmed the disqualification of Sigal Chattah as Acting U.S. Attorney for Nevada. The panel was unanimous. Judge Eric Miller, a Trump appointee, wrote the opinion.
August 18, 2026 at 2:50 PM
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A federal appeals court just blocked an end run around the Senate. On Monday the Ninth Circuit affirmed the disqualification of Sigal Chattah as Acting U.S. Attorney for Nevada. The panel was unanimous. Judge Eric Miller, a Trump appointee, wrote the opinion.
A federal appeals court just blocked an end run around the Senate. On Monday the Ninth Circuit affirmed the disqualification of Sigal Chattah as Acting U.S. Attorney for Nevada. The panel was unanimous. Judge Eric Miller, a Trump appointee, wrote the opinion.
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Automated License Plate Readers scan and log every car that passes, building a searchable record of where you've been. How can defenders challenge it?
Join our 9/23 webinar on how police use networks like Flock, the constitutional stakes and how to fight it.
Register: www.nacdl.org/Event/Engage...
Join our 9/23 webinar on how police use networks like Flock, the constitutional stakes and how to fight it.
Register: www.nacdl.org/Event/Engage...
August 14, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Automated License Plate Readers scan and log every car that passes, building a searchable record of where you've been. How can defenders challenge it?
Join our 9/23 webinar on how police use networks like Flock, the constitutional stakes and how to fight it.
Register: www.nacdl.org/Event/Engage...
Join our 9/23 webinar on how police use networks like Flock, the constitutional stakes and how to fight it.
Register: www.nacdl.org/Event/Engage...