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Supreme Court to Rule on Warrantless Access to Cellphone Location DataDell Cameron2017.6.6. In its next term, the US Supreme Court will take up a landmark case concerning law enforcement’s ability to track cellphones without a warrant. As it stands, police in some states are able to acquire a person’s cellphone location history without demonstrating probable cause, and they do so tens of thousan..

Why Restrict Jury Duty to Citizens?A proposal in California to expand the jury pool raises important questions about the meaning of citizenship and the nature of sovereignty.Andrew Guthrie Ferguson May 9 2013, 7:47 AM ET http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/05/why-restrict-jury-duty-to-citizens/275685/ A few weeks ago, the California Assembly passed legislation that for the first tim..

Harsh Sentences Are Killing the Jury TrialAs they coerce defendants into making plea bargains, prosecutors are also shutting everyday Americans out of the justice system.Andrew Guthrie Ferguson Dec 6 2013, 1:39 PM ET This week’s release of the Human Rights Watch Report, “An Offer You Can’t Refuse,” confirms that harsh sentencing laws have undermined the American jury system. On average, 97 perce..