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U.S. Supreme Court: Woman wins right to sue over removal of hijab in holding cell

donal brown October 4, 2011

A woman from Orange County, California won a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court allowing her to sue prison authorities for forcing her to remove her hijab in public, contrary to religious law. Lower courts had ruled that the holding cell where the woman was held was a special zone not subject to laws allowing prisoners to wear religious garments. -db From Jezebel, October 3, 2011, by Margaret Hartmann. Full story

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Federal appeals court rejects First Amendment challenge to law prohibiting fraudulent wearing of military decorations

donal brown September 27, 2011

The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a federal law prohibiting the unauthorized wearing of military decorations in ruling that a Nevada man had violated the law in knowingly wearing a Purple Heart he was not entitled to. The man contended in his appeal that the law prohibiting wearing of unauthorized military decorations was overbroad and would keep family members from wearing medals of fallen loved ones or the wearing of medals as artistic

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2nd Circuit: Federal court allows challenge to warrantless surveillance

donal brown September 22, 2011

The U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals ruled for a second time that a suit could proceed that challenged a Congressional law allowing the National Security Agency to electronically spy on citizens without a probable-cause warrant. The case may finally come to trial unless the Obama administration uses the state secrets privilege to kill the lawsuit. Federal judges have not often ruled against the government in those instances. -db From Wired, September 21, 2011, by

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Man denied entry to U.S. possibly for ideological reasons

donal brown September 15, 2011

The ACLU is protesting the delay in granting Kerim Yildiz, a British citizen, a visa to travel to the U.S. at the invitation of the Open Society Foundations and the Patricia Gruber Foundation. The ACLU is concerned that Yildiz has been denied entry because of his work on human rights for Kurds. -db From the American Civil Liberties Union, September 15, 2011, by Suzanne Ito. Full story

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Federal appeals decision busts privacy exemption for Freedom of Information Act requests

donal brown September 15, 2011

The Internet era has eroded a Supreme Court decision (Department of Justice v. Reporters’ Committee) allowing governments to deny rap sheets requested under the Freedom of Information Act. Now it is possible to tap into a national database provided by the federal courts to obtain the information. In an opinion a federal judge has even acknowledged the possibility of using the national database, a sure indication that that privacy exemption has been seriously weakened. -db

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