Judge rejects warrant provision allowing compelled thumbprints to unlock iPhones; IMDb likely has First Amendment right to display people’s ages; 11/9 Coalition statement on Trump’s original travel ban; Leading federalism scholar Heather Gerken selected to be next dean of Yale Law School; Right to try, right to buy, right to test;
 
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Judge rejects warrant provision allowing compelled thumbprints to unlock iPhones
It's the right result, in my view, although I have problems with a chunk of the reasoning in the court's opinion.
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IMDb likely has First Amendment right to display people’s ages
A California required IMDb to take down such information when a subscriber to IMDB's Pro service so demanded; but a federal district judge has just granted a preliminary injunction blocking the enforcement of the law.
 
11/9 Coalition statement on Trump’s original travel ban
Trump's original Executive Order banning travel from certain majority-Muslim countries is unconstitutional because it violates Due Process and Equal Protection. Any revision is likely to continue to be so.
Leading federalism scholar Heather Gerken selected to be next dean of Yale Law School
She will be the first woman to lead the nation's highest-ranked law school. Also, the first federalism scholar to do so. Gerken is a leader in that field, and has sought to persuade liberals that federalism has greater value than many think.
 
Right to try, right to buy, right to test
"We just fundamentally do not believe that you should have to apply to the government for permission to try to save your own life."
 
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