Jill Adams quoted by The Guardian, Jan. 11, 2017
“Criminal prosecution is the wrong response to healthcare access issues. No one should fear arrest or jail for ending their own pregnancy or for seeking medical help when they need it.”
Your Call: Examining Senator Jeff Sessions’ confirmation hearing to be Attorney General
Ty Alper interviewed by KALW-FM, Jan. 11, 2017
“Jeff Sessions will be the ‘top cop’ in the United States and he will have broad jurisdiction and broad discretion over the enforcement of all of our nation’s federal laws. … And that’s why, I think, so many people are concerned–frightened–by the prospect of his leadership of that department.”
When is a cavity search not a cavity search? Rape at Guantánamo
Alexa Koenig writes for Medium, Jan. 11, 2017
In nearly a third of the interviews, nudity and/or another form of sexualized violence was described as — or as a component of — the respondent’s very worst detainment-related experience at Guantánamo.
Lawsuit against Uber alleges “fraudulent scheme”
Nick Carlin quoted by California Magazine, Jan. 9, 2017
“Uber knew at the time they made those offers that those stock options were not all going to end up as ISOs. They promised they would be ISOs—but they had no intention of following through.”
California’s top court to decide whether planned speed-up in executions is legal
Elisabeth Semel quoted by Los Angeles Times, Jan. 8, 2017
“The court can only handle a certain number of these cases a year,” Semel said. At the pace envisioned by Proposition 66, the court would have little time to decide civil disputes, she said, adding, “It is not feasible. There are just too many cases.”
Prominent prisoners’ supporters pin pardon hopes on Obama
Jesse Choper quoted by San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 7, 2017
“If they put people in jail for that, they wouldn’t have any room in the jails,” said Jesse Choper, a UC Berkeley law professor who supports Siegelman’s release.
Berkeley dispensary off the hook after 3 years in litigation
Robert Berring quoted by Northern California Record, Jan. 7, 2017
“I would say that this deal is a signal that things are going to get better,” Berring said in The Daily Californian interview.
Unbreaking: 7th Circuit recalls ‘erroneously issued’ decision
Tejas Narechania quoted by Bloomberg BNA, Jan. 6, 2017
Former Seventh Circuit and Supreme Court clerk Tejas N. Narechania … explained that the process for releasing opinions in the Seventh Circuit is a multi-step one. “After oral argument, the panel holds a conference and reaches a tentative decision, and the presiding judge—or the senior judge in the majority—assigns the opinion.”
Oakland privacy commission approves surveillance transparency and oversight law
Catherine Crump quoted by East Bay Express, Jan. 6, 2017
According to Crump, Oakland’s adoption of the ordinance and its various requirements signals to law enforcement agencies that the secret acquisition and use of surveillance technologies like cell phone trackers, drones, and license plate readers, is a problem, and that the solution is to require public hearings and to allow the public to evaluate the costs and benefits of these technologies before they’re deployed.
Oakland may become rare American city with strict rules for spy gear use
Catherine Crump and Deirdre Mulligan cited by Ars Technica, Jan. 6, 2017
Catherine Crump … told the commission that the ordinance it has drafted “is thorough, clear, comprehensive, and has the potential to be adopted nationwide.”
Other members include fellow Oaklanders, representatives from the Oakland Police Department and city administrator’s office, and Deirdre Mulligan, a law professor at UC Berkeley.