Tech Companies Urge Supreme Court To Boost Cellphone Privacy

More than a dozen high technology companies and the biggest wireless operator in the United States, Verizon, have called on the U.S. Supreme Court to make it harder for government officials to access individuals' sensitive cellphone data . From a report: The companies filed a 44-page brief with the court on Monday night in a high-profile dispute over whether police should have to get a warrant before obtaining data that could reveal a cellphone user's whereabouts.

Class Action Waiver Cases Moved to the Top of Supreme Court’s October Term

The U.S. Supreme Court recently announced that on the first day of its upcoming October term it would hear oral argument on three consolidated cases addressing whether employers' arbitration agreements that require employees to resolve employment-related disputes through individual arbitration proceedings rather than in class and collective actions violate the National Labor Relations Act provision that non-supervisory employees have a right to engage in "concerted activities" for mutual aid and protection. It is hard to overstate the potential impact of the Supreme Court's ruling on these class action waiver cases.

Paxton joins defense of Wisconsin partisan gerrymandering

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is backing Wisconsin in a high-profile case asking the U.S. Supreme Court whether lawmakers can go too far when drawing political maps to advantage one party. Paxton, a Republican, filed an amicus brief seeking to protect the status quo in political gerrymandering - redistricting maneuvers that allow controlling parties to bolster their majorities in state Legislatures and Congress even when statewide demographics shift against them.

Facebook’s Sandberg to highlight Sept. 12 Advancing Women’s Leadership…

BofA California president and ' classic music ' s No. 1 maverick ' also to speak at forum hosted by University of the Pacific Facebook chief operating officer and best-selling author Sheryl Sandberg will be the featured speaker when University of the Pacific hosts the next Advancing Women's Leadership forum Sept.

Clean Power Plan Still In Limbo After Appeals Court Ruling

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has decided to put off making a decision about the Clean Power Plan for two more months - on top off the delay it had issued in April. Now, though, the US Environmental Protection Agency must file monthly updates with the court, meaning that its patience is wearing down with regard to how many more delays it will issue.

Sexual orientation Title VII cases work way toward Supreme Court

When the Trump Justice Department last month asserted that civil rights laws don't protect against discrimination based on sexual orientation, it clashed with another part of the administration - the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - which previously claimed that the laws did apply. Federal appeals judges are also at odds.

The Onerous, Arbitrary, Unaccountable World of Occupational Licensing

For all Donald Trump's flightiness and lack of ideological moorings, in one regard at least, the guy is reasonably steadfast: If Barack Obama supported something, he wants to blow it up or roll it back. Save for filling Antonin Scalia's Supreme Court seat-which, really, should count more as a win for Mitch McConnell-arguably 45's most noteworthy feat thus far has been his dogged quest to unravel his predecessor's legacy.

Syrian grandma in travel ban flap arriving in Hawaii

Wafa Yahia is scheduled to arrive at Honolulu's Daniel K. Inouye International Airport this evening on a flight from San Francisco in a 28-hour journey that started in Lebanon. The Syrian grandmother at the center of Hawaii's lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's travel ban on people from six mostly Muslim countries is expected to arrive in Honolulu today.

Thurgood Marshall’s courage and passion celebrated by former law clerks, author

From left, Gilbert A. King, author of "Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys and the Dawn of a New America"; Ira M. Feinberg of Hogan Lovells; and Georgetown University Law Professors Susan Bloch and Sheryll Cashin, speak at "The Legacy of Justice Thurgood Marshall: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of His Historic Appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court," on Friday at the ABA Annual meeting in New York City./Photo by Len Irish On the cusp of the 50th anniversary of Thurgood Marshall's confirmation as the first African-American U.S. Supreme Court justice, three of his former law clerks gathered to speak about his legacy.

Prosecutors: Teenage killer should still get life

Despite a recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling limiting life sentences for minors, a drifter convicted of murdering two people when he was a teenager should still be sentenced to life in prison for his "heinous" crime, county prosecutors argued Thursday. Kenneth Carl Crawford III, now 34, is serving life in prison without parole for murdering Diana Algar and Jose Molina in a trailer at a campground in Hollenback Twp.

Trump administration defends travel ban in US Supreme Court brief

President Donald Trump's administration reiterated arguments defending its temporary travel ban in a filing with the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, repeatedly citing the executive's broad powers to exclude foreigners from the United States. International travelers arrive on the day that U.S. President Donald Trump's limited travel ban, approved by the U.S. Supreme Court, goes into effect, at Logan Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., June 29, 2017.

Trump administration sides with Ohio on purging voter rolls

President Donald Trump's administration has reversed the government's position on a voter roll case before the U.S. Supreme Court and is now backing Ohio's method for purging voters. Ohio's system for removing inactive voters from the rolls does not violate the National Voter Registration Act, the Justice Department said Monday.

Jeff Sessions vs. Affirmative ActionHow the attorney general might…

It would not be surprising if Jeff Sessions wants to get rid of affirmative action in college admissions for good. This is the same attorney general who is bent on taking us back to the drug war of the 1980s, who doesn't prioritize curbing police brutality or voter suppression, and who holds the view that existing law doesn't protect gay workers from employment discrimination.