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Op-Ed: Supreme Court Rulings in Hernandez v. Mesa and Ziglar v. Abbasi

Post author By Alex Marthews
Post date July 3, 2017
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Rulings in Ziglar and Hernandez: The Supreme Court, the Fourth Amendment and the `Special Factor’ of `National Security’ In Hernandez v. Mesa and Ziglar v. Abbasi, two just-decided cases, the Supreme Court has now made it such that individuals wishing to obtain damages from agents of the federal government for violation of their Fourth Amendment […]

Tags 4th Amendment, Bivens claim, border patrol, Clarence Thomas, decision, federal, Fourth Amendment, Henandez v. Mesa, judicial, judiciary, national security, ruling, special factor, Supreme Court, warrantless, Ziglar v. Abbasi

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Demand Progress Against Section 702

Post author By restorethe4th
Post date June 29, 2017
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Please join our partners at Demand Progress and sign their petition to let Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act expire at the end of this year. Restore the Fourth has been a strong critic of the secretive practices this section allows, due to the potential to allow end-runs around restrictions prohibiting targeting domestic […]

Tags 702, congress, Demand Progress, FISA, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Petition, section 702, senators, sunset