On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, host Ben Domenech is joined by Mark Chenoweth and Adi Dynar, his lawyers at New Civil Liberties Alliance. In 2019, after employees at Vox Media Inc. staged a walkout demanding a new collective bargaining agreement, Domenech tweeted a joke about the progressive media company’s union. “FYI @fdrlst…

A U.S. Chamber of Commerce-led business coalition has backed Oracle’s bid to defang the U.S. Department of Labor unit that sues federal contractors for job bias, accusing it of extorting businesses to settle nine-figure suits it lacks the power to bring. The coalition filed an amicus brief Friday supporting Oracle’s Washington, D.C., federal suit seeking…

Last month, police departments in Daytona Beach and Connecticut unveiled what was initially touted as a potential new tool against a pandemic: drones capable of taking a person’s temperature from 300 feet in the air. Both agencies quickly backtracked on using the machines to track the novel coronavirus after backlash from civil liberty groups warning…

Fever-reading drones, thermal cameras, and other coronavirus policies are part of “a looming wave of intrusive technology and constitutionally questionable measures pushed by governments — from local to state to federal — under the mission of protecting a fearful community,” reports the Miami Herald. Read the full article   TweetShareShare0 Shares

Last month, police departments in Daytona Beach, Fla., and Connecticut unveiled what was initially touted as a potential new tool against a pandemic: drones capable of taking a person’s temperature from 300 feet in the air. Both agencies quickly backtracked on using the machines to track the novel coronavirus after backlash from civil liberty groups…

“This is the Daytona Beach Police Department. We apologize for the inconvenience, but due to COVID-19, this park is currently closed.” So says a drone with a loud speaker attached to its top. The coronavirus pandemic has forced police departments in the country and around the globe to fundamentally change the way they enforce laws.…