Federal Judge: Terror Law Violates First Amendment

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge on Wednesday struck down a portion of a law giving the government wide powers to regulate the detention, interrogation and prosecution of suspected terrorists, saying it left journalists, scholars and political activists facing the prospect of indefinite detention for exercising First Amendment rights. Read the article in its entirety […]

IL Appeals Court: Recording Police Protected by Constitution

IL Appeals Court: Recording Police Protected by Constitution

An appeals court in the state of Illinois struck down the state’s eavesdropping law this week, which made it a felony for individuals to record police without their consent. The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals released a 66-page ruling Tuesday declaring that the Illinois law is “the broadest of its kind” in the country and […]

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