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Frank Pasquale’s review of the The Googlization of Everything reflects a capturing of a work that addresses the dangers of control over our identities, our location, the bare facts of our existence. This is not merely Orwellian in dimension but, per the book’s author, Siva Vaidhyanathan, Kafkaesque in dimension. Full credit to Pasq

Good decision, as the ability of a convicted federal offender to rehabilitate him/herself is likely a concern on the minds of several federal judges.  Positive evidence of such rehabilitative efforts should be considered in an effort by the offender to mitigate the punishment that is to be (re)meted out. Again, credit to JURIST:  http://j

Well, as my Constitutional Law students will tell you, I called the result, the vote, and the identity of the dissenter.  What was my basis? I recalled the Court’s ruling last year in U.S. v. Stevens (the ‘crush’ video case), read Alito’s dissent therein, and knew that neither Kennedy nor Scalia (with decent Free Speech

Again, credit to Jurist for its story coverage, posted below my diatribe. Another positive and unanimous opinion (the majority opinion, not the concurrence, is clearly much more progressive).  The author of the Opinion of the Court?  Antonin Scalia — go figure.  He does occasionally surprise me. The Supreme Court upheld the use

Credit to Jurist:  http://jurist.org/paperchase/2011/03/supreme-court-rules-corporations-lack-personal-privacy.php? Alright, last week, the Supreme Court ruled — unanimously — in FCC v. AT&T, that the FOIA’s “personal privacy” exemption does not apply to corporations.  Is this a good ruling?  Yes, it