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French view on US plan to let private firms join offensive cyber operations
The Trump administration plans to allow vetted private companies to join US government offensive cyber operations, mainly against transnational criminal groups. The piece contrasts this with France, where law enforcement and intelligence services keep hacking powers under public control with independent oversight. It argues that US oversight is weaker following the Supreme Court's ruling in Trump v. Slaughter.
EFF and ACLU urge Ninth Circuit to rule tower dump warrants unconstitutional
EFF and the ACLU filed an amicus brief in a Ninth Circuit appeal over a tower dump warrant, which compels carriers to hand over location data for every phone in an area during a set period. The brief argues these are unconstitutional general warrants, relying on the Supreme Court's recent ruling in Chatrie v. United States that geofence warrants are searches under the Fourth Amendment. It also asks the court to decide the constitutional question rather than relying on the good faith doctrine.
Former Trump lawyer John Eastman asks Supreme Court to restore his disbarred California licence
Eastman, a former Clarence Thomas clerk who acted as one of Trump's lawyers after the 2020 election, was disbarred in California in April and is asking the Supreme Court to restore his licence on First Amendment grounds. The article, a critical commentary, argues his filings in Texas v. Pennsylvania and Trump v. Boockvar repeated unsupported fraud claims and that a ruling in his favour could weaken the independence of state bar discipline.