The National Security Agency is planning to build a $1.6 billion storage facility in Utah to warehouse personal data. The giant facility will contain more than 1 million square feet of data center space. Construction is scheduled to begin in June 2010 and be completed by March 2013. The new facility is estimated to require as much electricity as all of Salt Lake City. All forms of electronic data will be stored at the center, such as intercepted phone calls, e-mail messages, Internet searches and other communications intercepted by the agency. Read the rest of this entry »
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NSA to Build $1.6 Billion Storage Facility to House Personal Surveillance Data
November 3rd, 2009 by Dana Altman
H1N1 Virus Declared a National Emergency
October 27th, 2009 by Dana Altman
In order to make it easier for medical facilities to provide treatment, President Obama has declared the 2009 H1N1 virus pandemic a national emergency. The move allows more freedom for off-site, alternate care facilities to be established and a waiver of standard requirements for Medicare, Medicaid and other federal health insurance programs on a case-by-case basis.
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Feds Announce Policy Not to Prosecute Medical Marijuana Users
October 20th, 2009 by Dana Altman
Under new legal guidelines issued by the Obama administration, federal drug agents won’t target pot-smoking patients or their sanctioned suppliers in states that allow medical marijuana. ”It will not be a priority to use federal resources to prosecute patients with serious illnesses or their caregivers who are complying with state laws on medical marijuana, but we will not tolerate drug traffickers who hide behind claims of compliance with state law to mask activities that are clearly illegal,” Attorney General Eric Holder said in a statement.
Pet Care Tax Deduction Proposed
October 20th, 2009 by Dana Altman
A Michigan legislator has proposed a bill to allow up to a $3,500 tax deduction for pet care. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter says that the bill is needed to prevent pet owners from being forced to give up their pets due to their inability to afford pet care costs in hard economic times. Read the rest of this entry »
Brooke Astor’s Son Anthony Marshall Convicted of Fraud, Conspiracy, Grand Larceny
October 13th, 2009 by Dana Altman
The son of Brooke Astor, Anthony Marshall, has been convicted of bilking his mother out of millions of dollars. Brooke Astor, a well-known philanthropist and member of New York high society, died in 2007 at the age of 105. Her son was accused of tricking her into changing her will, diverting money to himself and his wife Charlene, rather than to the charities she had intended to benefit. Astor, who sufffered from Alzheimer’s, had an estate was worth a reported $200 million and had given millions to institutions such as the New York Public Library, Carnegie Hall and other causes. Read the rest of this entry »
Supreme Court Won’t Force Illinois to Issue Choose Life Plates
October 6th, 2009 by Dana Altman
An anti-abortion group has lost its attempt to force the state to issue driver license plates with “Choose Life” printed on them. The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the appeal from the federal appeals court decision. The Seventh Circuit ruling held that the Illinois system for approving specialty plates was not discriminatory.
The case, Choose Life Illinois v. White, was filed in 2004 after citizens had collected more than the necessary number of signatures, but were denied a “Choose Life” license plate. As in other states, the proceeds from the proposed “Choose Life” license plates would have been directed to organizations such as pregnancy care centers that provide adoption counseling and referrals.
Source: http://www.breakinglegalnews.com/entry/Court-wont-force-Ill-to-have-Choose-Life-plate
Federal Court Rules Sex Offender Registration Law Violates Ex Post Facto Clause
September 30th, 2009 by Dana Altman
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has held that retroactive application of a provision of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (”SORNA”), part of the 2006 Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act, violates the ex post facto clause of the United States Constitution.
SORNA requires adult and juvenile sex offenders convicted before its enactment to register with the National Sex Offender Registry. A lawsuit challenging the law was brought by a juvenile who had been adjudicated as a sex offender in 2005, before passage of SORNA. The Ninth Circuit held that the law’s retroactive application to juvenile offenders violates the ex post facto clause. The court distinguished the case at hand from a Supreme Court case, Smith v. Doe, 538 U.S. 84 (2003), which held that retroactive application of a similar state statute to adult offenders was constitutional. The Ninth Circuit made a distinction between the cases, noting convictions of adult offenders, such as in Doe, are matters of public record, while juvenile proceedings are not such openly public matters.
Source: http://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp1_1579_United%20States
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