Tim Cushing is a staff writer for Techdirt, a technology and policy blog. His articles cover a wide range of topics, including civil liberties, government surveillance, and legal issues related to technology. Tim's work has also been featured in the Institute for Justice.
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By: Tim Cushing
As they say, the wheels of justice grind slowly. The presumed upside is that they grind finely, which means every periodic iteration should produce better outcomes. And maybe that's true in some cases. (Cases handled in the Fifth Circuit,
By: Tim Cushing
Excited delirium just won't go away. No medical association recognizes this condition as factually true. And no cop shop will ever move away from using it as a handy excuse for in-custody killings, at least not until forced to by state legislators.
By: Tim Cushing
Well, this is certainly one of the more entertaining decisions I've ever read, even though most of it deals with the more boring side of civil rights litigation, i.e., questions of standing and mootness. I mean, those
By: Tim Cushing
Tue, Oct 29th 2024 10:51am - Tim Cushing Donald Trump and the politicians that either think like him, or think saying things like
By: Tim Cushing
Tue, Oct 29th 2024 03:52pm - Tim Cushing Well, a wrong has been righted. Kind of. And for how long, no one really knows.
By: Tim Cushing
When the government shuts down a protest because both protesters and counter-protesters are physically attacking each other, it's not a “heckler's veto.” It's just common sense, even though there was very little of that on display during the protest, nor during law enforcement's belated response to the violent confrontation.
This is something that should have happened years ago, but I guess we can be grateful it's happening now. And part of the reason it's finally happening is because of the warrant requirement for obtaining
By: Tim Cushing
Thu, Oct 31st 2024 01:20pm - Tim Cushing According to some people (you know the people I mean…), our biggest “crisis” is border security.
This lawsuit could not be more impeccably timed. Whether or not this timing is more fortuitous than impeccable remains to be seen, but there's no denying the bang-bang-bang effect on display here, even if it may just be coincidental.
By: Tim Cushing
Very few states laws can be considered to be “famous.” Almost any state law immediately recognized by people in other states can only be described as “infamous.” The Wiretap Law enacted in Massachusetts
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