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Carceral Surveillance

Philosophers have long opined on the inextricable nature of incarceration and surveillance. Prisons have historically been the testing ground for new surveillance technologies. Bentham’s panopticon with it’s single guard tower overseeing a circular cell block eventually evolved into a lone guard monitoring an entire prison’s CCTV which eventually evolved into police departments surveilling entire cities […]

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Yes, You Should Be Able To Sue Federal Government Officials Too

In 1971, the Supreme Court ruled that an “implied cause of action” existed in the case of federal agents violating an individual’s constitutional rights, despite there not being a federal statute that explicitly guaranteed the ability of individuals to sue federal government officials in the case of a rights violation in the books. Justice Brennan […]