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NSA may have adhered to legal rules, but legal rules can’t keep up with changes in surveillance technology

[…] likely to conclude that the agency was fairly scrupulous in its adherence to legal boundaries, and that its overstepping was infrequent, mostly unintentional and, in any event, corrected by the FISA Court in subsequent oversight proceedings. All this will reconfirm the truism that the legal system cannot possibly keep up with changes in technology. […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
November 25, 2013
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Now Hiring: FAC Senior Staff Attorney / Legal Director

October 14, 2021
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New episode of ‘Civic’ podcast features FAC’s David Snyder on press protections at protests
- Press Freedom
June 11, 2021
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Maybe summoning the press before Parliament isn’t such a bad idea
- Press Freedom
December 18, 2013
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LA Times veteran Jim Newton joins FAC board

August 24, 2012
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Khrystan Policarpio Joins FAC as Legal Fellow

October 18, 2022
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Justice Roberts Saved the Supreme Court — Here’s What He Needs to Do Next

BY PETER SCHEER —Chief Justice John Roberts orchestrated the upholding of President Obama's health reform plan not because he believed that that was the legally correct outcome, and not because he wanted to spare Obama the loss of his singular legislative achievement. No, Roberts' deft decision, substantially upholding the health law -- while simultaneously […]

July 11, 2012
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In taping a reporter, AG Brown’s spokesman showed bad judgment, but did he break the law?

[…] secretly. But it's important to bear in mind that undisclosed taping by a journalist--or by the person being interviewed by a journalist--is rarely, if ever, illegal. ---------- CORRECTION As several readers pointed out in emails to me, I overstated my case in saying that the surreptitious taping of an on-the-record phone conversation between a […]

November 4, 2009
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In settlement with FAC, LA County Jail releases inmate visitor log, agrees to relax secrecy rule
- Government Transparency and Accountability
December 5, 2013
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If hard-won court victory against Prop 8 is tossed out because of “standing” defect, you can thank Jerry Brown

[…] its laws, in court. Like a private lawyer representing a client, he is supposed to defend California whether or not he thinks the state's legal position is correct. This is so not only because the state deserves a defense, but also because our judicial system, in order to function, requires legal advocacy on behalf […]

August 18, 2010