Cornelius Vanderbilt, when speaking to a competitor who owed him money, said, "You have undertaken to cheat me. I won't sue you, for the law is too slow. I will ruin you." Many would agree with the ...

On November 29, 2017, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Carpenter v. United States, which presents the question of whether the federal government must, under the Fourth Amendment, obtain a ...

May it please your Honors: I was desired by one of the court to look into the books, and consider the question now before them concerning Writs of Assistance. I have accordingly considered it, and now ...

I have been writing for years about the dangers to human freedom that come from government mass surveillance. The United States was born in a defiant reaction to government surveillance. In the decade ...

Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

I have been writing for years about the dangers to human freedom that come from government mass surveillance. The United States was born in a defiant reaction to government surveillance. In the decade ...

The various means which House librarians have devised to detect the loss and to secure the return of books illegally taken from the shelves are, for the most part, reasonable and effective alternativs ...

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Writs are formal written commands developed in English common law more than a thousand years ago. Despite the antiquated Latin terminology, when properly understood writs provide a critical avenue for ...

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A new poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire for the Boston Globe reveals that 40 percent of Massachusetts residents oppose “the government obtaining phone and electronic records of US ...