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Facebook loses effort to block bulk search warrants against its users

by NCC Staff

If the police may have cause to search your Facebook account using a warrant, the popular social media service won’t be able to…

Constitution Check: Did hotel or motel guests just gain more privacy?

by Lyle Denniston

Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center’s constitutional literacy adviser, looks at how a Monday Supreme Court ruling…

Supreme Court rules in raisins, hotel privacy cases

by NCC Staff

The U.S. Supreme Court didn’t rule on its widely anticipated Obamacare or same-sex marriage cases on Monday, but it did issue…

USA Freedom Act signed, so what’s next for NSA spying?

by Scott Bomboy

President Barack Obama has signed the USA Freedom Act, which changes how the NSA spies on Americans citizens. So what are the…

NSA phone collection provisions expire, at least for a few days

by NCC Staff

As expected, Senator and presidential candidate Rand Paul blocked a last-second attempt on Sunday to pass a new law that contains…

What happens if the Patriot Act provisions expire?

by Scott Bomboy

With a deadlock in Congress over NSA surveillance firmly in place, three key Patriot Act provisions are set to end on June 1. So…

The 4-1-1 on the Section 215 debate

by NCC Staff

Congress faces a big task this month trying to decide the fate of the controversial Section 215 program, which allows the NSA to…

Supreme Court settles latest Fourth Amendment dog-sniff case

by NCC Staff

For the third time in recent years, the Supreme Court has decided a case involving the constitutional sniffing powers of police…

Wikipedia challenge to NSA surveillance weighs privacy violation and proper targeting

by Juliana Stiles

What are the basics of Wikipedia lawsuit against the National Security Agency? In a nutshell, the popular free-knowledge product…

Constitution Check: Is the secret foreign intelligence court operating unconstitutionally?

by Lyle Denniston

Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center's constitutional literacy adviser, looks at the latest claims that the Foreign…

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