this is a response to one of my more moderate friends in a private message. I thought it to be worthy of general publication, so here is a short excerpt. One of the main tenants of my philosophy is that we do not have positive rights but only negative rights. Not the right to have food, medicine or shelter...
Adam Liptak reveals the digital privacy we can expect from the state : While "one lonely voice" argued that “Electronic storage devices function as an extension of our own memory ...They are capable of storing our thoughts, ranging from the most whimsical to the most profound.” The consensus...
Good news for Americans: U.S. Magistrate Judge Jerome Niedermeier ruled that a man charged with transporting child pornography on his laptop across the Canadian border has a Fifth Amendment right not to turn over the passphrase to prosecutors. The Fifth Amendment protects the right to avoid self-incrimination...