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Supreme Court Rejects Bid to Block Bump Stock Ban, for Now

March 2, 2020
The Supreme Court has rejected an attempt to put on hold the Trump administration’s ban on bump stocks. One of the justices indicated, however, that the court will observe how lower courts handle the issue and may pick it up later. Read the full article here.TweetShareShare0 Shares
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Ranch group goes back to court with new information on USDA’s RFID mandate

March 2, 2020
On Friday, Harriet Hageman, Senior Litigation Counsel for the New Civil Liberties Alliance, filed a new motion in the Wyoming federal district court on behalf of R-CALF USA and ranchers Tracy and Donna Hunt and Kenny and Roxy Fox. The new motion reveals that despite the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) assurances to the court…
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CFPB Supreme Court Case Looming

March 2, 2020
The Supreme Court will hear opening arguments on Tuesday in the case over whether the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is constitutionally structured. Read the full article here. TweetShareShare0 Shares
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NCLA seeks motion to block RFID mandate

March 2, 2020
Motion asks judge to require USDA to make more robust effort at notifying states and others that RFID mandate has been withdrawn. Read the full article here. TweetShareShare0 Shares
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How coronavirus turned the “dystopian joke” of FaceID masks into a reality

February 29, 2020
Thousands ordered masks that let them unlock their phones during outbreaks. But this viral art project doesn’t just work with surveillance technology—it works against it, too. Read the full article here.     TweetShareShare0 Shares
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Big Brother grows alarmingly bigger, one automated license-plate reader at a time

February 29, 2020
Once upon a time, America was free. Now, it’s not so free. And this story out of Coral Gables, Florida, about a man’s court fight to rid his community of a privacy-dinging, constitutionally questionable automated license plate reader program, helps explain why. Read the full article here.     TweetShareShare0 Shares
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