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Gouldin, Lauryn P., Redefining Reasonable Seizures (January 11, 2016). Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2713931 “The government’s power to seize individuals who are suspected of crimes — by arresting, stopping, or otherwise detaining them — has expanded significantly in the twenty-first century. The Supreme Court’s gradual redefinition of what constitutes a reasonable Fourth Amendment seizure …
ICE and USCIS Could Improve Data Quality and Exchange to Help Identify Potential Human Trafficking Cases – January 4, 2016 “Our match of ICE and USCIS data from 2005 to 2014 indicated that work and fiancé visas were the primary means by which 17 of 32 known traffickers brought victims into the United States. In …
Mondale, Walter F. and Stein, Robert A. and Fisher, Caitlinrose, No Longer a Neutral Magistrate: The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in the Wake of the War on Terror (January 1, 2016). Minnesota Law Review, Forthcoming. Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2712892 Since the founding of our nation, the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of government …
Lawyering with Challenges: Disability and Empowerment By Stuart Pixley – “Stuart Pixley is a Senior Attorney with Microsoft in Redmond, Washington, working on patent licensing matters. Active in bringing disability to the legal diversity movement, Mr. Pixley is President of the recently founded National Association of Attorneys with Disabilities and is a Commissioner for the …
The Year in Homidices – Written and compiled by Edward Ericson Jr., Kenneth Stone Breckenridge, Rebekah Kirkman, and Brandon Soderberg – The following was written by Karen Houppert, City Paper editor: “People are killing people in the streets of Baltimore, nearly every day. In 2015, there were 344 homicides—most of them young black men. If …
New York Public Library: “[January 5, 2016]…”we are proud to announce that out-of-copyright materials in NYPL Digital Collections are now available as high-resolution downloads. No permission required, no hoops to jump through: just go forth and reuse! The release of more than 180,000 digitized items represents both a simplification and an enhancement of digital access to a …
Government Named Top U.S. Problem for Second Straight Year – “Americans were most likely to mention some aspect of the federal government in 2015 when asked to name the country’s top problem, but this category still averaged less than 20% of all responses during the year. Even when mentions of terrorism, immigration and gun laws …
Memorandum — Promoting Smart Gun Technology MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY, January 4, 2016 “For more than 20 years, the Federal Government has worked to keep guns out of the wrong hands through background checks. This critical effort in addressing gun violence has prevented more than …
CRS – Sex Discrimination and the United States Supreme Court: Developments in the Law, Jody Feder, Legislative Attorney. December 30, 2015. “In its sex discrimination decisions, the United States Supreme Court not only has defined the applicability of the equal protection guarantees of the Constitution and the nondiscriminatory policies of federal statutes, but also has …
Washington Post – White House outlines new gun restrictions, bypassing Congress – “The 10-provision package will require more gun sellers to be licensed and would force them to conduct background checks on potential buyers, and all federally licensed dealers will have to report any lost or stolen firearms to the authorities.” CNN – “These are …
Krieger N, Chen JT, Waterman PD, Kiang MV, Feldman J (2015) Police Killings and Police Deaths Are Public Health Data and Can Be Counted. PLoS Med 12(12): e1001915. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001915 “Summary Points During the past year, the United States has experienced major controversies—and civil unrest—regarding the endemic problem of police violence and police deaths. Although deaths …
Pew Fact Tank – “A significant minority of American adults have felt confused, discouraged or impatient when trying to make decisions about sharing their personal information with companies. When asked if they felt confident they understood what would be done with their personal information as they were deciding whether or not to share it, 50% …
