More coverage of the situation in New York, where parents and school districts oppose transferring data to inBloom, but NYSED says the state has decided to do it, and the districts and parents have no rights to prevent it, block it, or opt out… Michele Molnar writes: A face-off in New York State about the…
Month: December 2013
Minnesota librarians push to curb NSA snooping
Kevin Diaz reports: In the supersecret world of the nation’s spy agencies, an unassuming librarian like Kirsten Clark at the University of Minnesota might seem like an unlikely mark. But recent revelations about National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance of phone and Internet traffic have raised concerns among librarians and put them in the front ranks…
Teaching Criminal Procedure in a changing world
Orin Kerr points us to this interesting post by law professor Miriam Baer: As I ready myself for teaching a new semester of Criminal Procedure I (often known as the “investigation” course, as opposed to the Crim Pro II “adjudication” course, which ostensibly covers everything from “bail to jail”), I cannot help but think how…
National ID card being considered by Bahamas government
Sancheska Brown reports: Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell said yesterday the Government is considering introducing a National Identification Card as well as charging persons who knowingly hire illegal immigrants in an effort to deal with the country’s long standing illegal migration problem. Read more on Tribune242.