The Guardian uncovered a secret FISA court order commanding Verizon to turn over call metadeta for ALL calls on a daily basis. This includes identifying information about all phone calls, including calls which are purely domestic- everything down to local calls ( Read more... )

Here are some actual cases I have seen this week. What's especially distressing about them is that the fact they ended up in my hands means at least three different people made terrible errors in judgment: the police officer, the ASA who charged the case, and the ASA who had the case in district court.

• Police have a search warrant for a house. ( Read more... )

So now we don't have a knock and announce protection any more. (Brief background: the "knock and announce" rule requires that police who are entering your home pursuant to a warrant are required to knock and announce themselves. It gives you a chance to put some pants on and open the door so the police can kick it down. It also identifies these ( Read more... )

The week from hell is almost over. Presentation went off well this morning...I'm just waiting for my brief on same-sex marriage to come back from my partner so I can make the final alterations and print it ( Read more... )