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US Border Agents Can Search Your Cellphone; New Senate Bill Would Require Warrant 1st
The Department of Homeland Security has reported that searches of cellphones by border agents increased fivefold in just one year, and despite protections under the Fourth Amendment against unlawful search and seizure, the practice is completely legal. Searches of cellphones increased from fewer than 5,000 in 2015 to nearly 25,000 in 2016, and according to…
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#Flint: Former Mich. Health Official Ordered to Write Letter of Apology to Residents for Water Crisis
The former director of disease control for the state of Michigan was sentenced to probation Monday and ordered to write a letter of apology to the residents of Flint for not telling the public about an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease related to the city’s water crisis. Corinne Miller, who is now retired, pleaded no contest…
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The Golden State Warriors’ Andre Iguodala Fined $10,000 for Making Remark About Working for ‘Master’
The National Basketball Association has fined the Golden State Warriors’ sixth man, Andre Iguodala, $10,000 for a racial remark he made after Friday night’s loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. ESPN reports that Iguodala was asked Friday night if he knew whether or not he would be sitting out Saturday’s game along with Steph Curry, Klay…
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Trump Administration Calls for Immediate Resignation of 46 Obama Administration US Attorneys
The Trump administration Friday requested the immediate resignation of 46 Obama administration U.S. attorneys, including Preet Bharara, the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York in Manhattan. The New York Times reports that the firings came as a surprise, especially for Bharara, who said he was asked about staying on in November…
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NC Cops Pull Man Over, Falsely Tell Him It’s Illegal to Film Them. Plot Twist: He’s Attorney and Knows the Law
A criminal-defense attorney in Wilmington, N.C., was pulled over by police recently, and as he began to film his interaction with them on his cellphone, one of the officers falsely told him that there was a new state law that prohibited him from recording the police. Jesse Bright knew there was no such law in…
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Hawaii and Ore. Join Wash. and Minn. in Legal Challenge Against Trump’s Travel Ban
The states of Hawaii and Oregon joined Washington and Minnesota on Thursday in their legal challenge against President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban, which goes into effect March 16, and the states of New York and Massachusetts have said they will join the challenge, too. The Washington Post reports that Hawaii filed a lawsuit against…
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Supreme Court Decides Not to Hear Gavin Grimm’s Transgender Bathroom Case After All
On Monday the U.S. Supreme Court said it would not hear the case of a transgender Virginia teen fighting to use the bathroom of his choice in school, reversing an earlier decision to hear the case on March 28. NBC News reports that in addition to deciding not to hear the case of Gavin Grimm,…
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#Flint: Mayor Says Mich. City Will Not Be Able to Treat Its Own Water for Another 2 Years
It has been over 1,000 days since the people of Flint, Mich., had clean water, and now the city’s mayor is telling the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that because of the lengthy construction and testing process for a new water-treatment plant, it will be another two years before the city can treat its own water…
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Markeith Loyd Tells Judge, ‘Y’all Can’t Do Nothing to Me,’ Uses ‘Sovereign Citizens’ Defense
It has been more than a month since Markeith Loyd was arrested and charged with killing his pregnant girlfriend and an Orlando, Fla., police officer, and this week he made an appearance in court during which he refused to enter a plea and claimed his status as a sovereign citizen. According to the Washington Post,…
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Barack Obama Is the Recipient of the 2017 JFK Profile in Courage Award
The love for former President Barack Obama continued to flow Thursday as he was named the 2017 winner of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for carrying on the legacy of his fellow Democrat. NBC News reports that Caroline Kennedy and her son, Jack Schlossberg, will present Obama with the award during a…
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