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'Tower Dump' #Warrants Ruled #Unconstitutional

The Hill: A federal judge in #Mississippi ruled Wednesday that "tower dump" warrants are unconstitutional, declining to reverse a lower court decision refusing the government's request to obtain the search warrants in a series of violent crime investigations. A "tower dump" involves #cellphone companies providing law enforcement with access to the time and location data of all mobile devices connected to specific cell towers during a designated time window.
#towerdump #privacy #4thamendment

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/06/2147247/tower-dump-warrants-ruled-unconstitutional?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

‘Tower dump’ warrants ruled #unconstitutional
A "tower dump" involves #cellphone companies providing #lawenforcement with access to the time and location data of all mobile devices connected to a cell tower
"That is an unreasonable search under the #FourthAmendment," judge concluded
The order repeatedly referenced the Supreme Court's recent decision in Chatrie v United States, in which the majority held that #geofence #warrants require constitutional #privacy protections
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/6013559-mississippi-judge-declares-towers-dumps-unconstitutional/

No press on this yet. US House Committee on the Judiciary, ranking member (senior member of minority party) #JamieRaskin issued this press release on house-dot-gov,
*Top 10 Reasons the $1.8B Slush Fund and Super-Pardon... Are #Unconstitutional, #Illegal, and a Fraud on the Court* May 27, 2026
#fascist #USA #OurPutin #SeditionSlushFund #Jan6 #settlement #money #funding #militia #ammunition #guns #insurrection #radicalized #white #supremacist #terrorists #pardoned #SCotUS
https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/the-top-10-reasons-donald-trump-s-1776-billion-weaponization-slush-fund-and-super-pardon-for-his-family-and-businesses-are-unconstitutional-illegal-and-a-fraud-on-the-court

“…alas, the NSW Premier Chris Minns has now reached the Joe Hockey level of economic ignorance.” (Source: The Point)

I’ve never been a fan of #ChrisMinns, even back when I was a #Labor party member. I don’t like him at the best of times because he peddles the #NeoLiberal lies about economic prosperity and doesn’t appear to be clever enough to head a govt, even a State one at that. You’ll forgive me if I’m dismissive, but #Minns ‘ past performance, including his latest #Authoritarian attitudes, in what is a fast changing society, is reflected in knee-jerk reactionary policies and rammed-through legislation which proved to be #Unconstitutional. The man is not too bright from a social licence perspective. He is also #Captured by anti-social interests.

Read more:
https://thepoint.com.au/factchecks/260521-factcheck-on-tax-chris-minns-does-his-best-joe-hockey-impression-and-its-not-pretty

#AusPol #NSW #TaxReform

EFF to #SupremeCourt : Shut Down #Unconstitutional #Geofence Searches

Digital #Dragnets Violate #FourthAmendment , Brief Argues

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the American Civil Liberties Union ( #ACLU ), the ACLU of #Virginia, and the Center on #Privacy & Technology at #GeorgetownLaw filed a brief Monday urging the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that invasive geofence #warrants are unconstitutional.
#scotus #privacy

https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-supreme-court-shut-down-unconstitutional-geofence-searches

The chief federal judge in Minnesota ordered the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement to appear in court on Friday
to explain why he should not be held in contempt
for violating court orders.

The order by Judge Patrick J. Schiltz
— which he acknowledged was “an extraordinary step”
— adds to the administration’s legal fights

while it also faces public and political pressure over the aggressive tactics of its agents,
who have shot and killed two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis in three weeks.

Trump shook up the leadership of the Minnesota enforcement operation on Monday
by planning to pull its director of on-the-ground enforcement,
Gregory Bovino, according to two U.S. officials.

That came after two days of outrage over the killing of Alex Pretti,
who was shot and killed by federal agents over the weekend.

Trump said he was sending #Tom #Homan, his border czar,
to oversee the operations and that Mr. Homan would report directly to him.

⭐️The order by Judge Schiltz, issued late Monday,
summons the ICE acting director
#Todd #Lyons to appear before him on Friday and explain why he should not be held in contempt for violating court orders arising from the Trump administration’s crackdown.

“The court’s patience is at an end,” he wrote.

But the judge did give Mr. Lyons an out:
👉He said he would cancel the hearing if ICE quickly released an immigrant whom he said had been wrongly detained by agents.

The crackdown has prompted a flood of legal challenges,
including from state and local officials
⚠️who asked another federal judge on Monday to declare that the surge of some 3,000 immigration agents had effectively become an #unconstitutional #occupation.

The Trump administration also defended itself on Monday at a hearing over the state’s effort to investigate the death of Mr. Pretti.

The shooting of Mr. Pretti
— who was killed while being pinned down by agents, according to videos of the encounter
— sparked outage across the political spectrum,
including among some Republicans who have called for the Trump administration to change course.

Trump met on Monday with #Kristi #Noem, the homeland security secretary, and #Corey #Lewandowski, her top aide, in the Oval Office for more than two hours,
according to two people briefed on the meeting.

The president did not suggest in the meeting that Ms. Noem and Mr. Lewandowski were at risk of losing their jobs, those people said.

But it was another sign of Trump’s concern about the reaction to the killing of Mr. Pretti and the fatal shooting of another Minneapolis resident, Renee Good, by a federal agent on Jan. 7.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/27/us/minneapolis-shooting-ice-minnesota?smid=nytcore-ios-share

About time all these #unconstitutional #EO were thrown out. The #orange #felon is #destroying the country. #impeach now!

#fascism #OpposeFascism #CriminalAdministration #traitorGOP #TraitorMAGA #SaveTheRepublic #defeatGOP #defendDemocracy #government #USPolitics #TransRights #lgbtq #rights
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/federal-judge-blocks-trumps-passport-policy-affecting-transgender-americans