Court concludes FOIA does not require release of booking photos; The Notorious RBG decides she was becoming notorious for the wrong reasons; Second Amendment protects former soldier who had been psychiatrically committed 10 years ago, when he was 15; The battle within the prosecution team; Nebraska regulators retaliated against financial adviser for anti-Obama speech (and for publicly offering $100 ‘towards the purchase of a firearm’ as a bonus to customers);
 
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Court concludes FOIA does not require release of booking photos
The en banc Sixth Circuit concludes individuals have privacy interests in police booking photos that may justify withholding their release under the Freedom of Information Act.
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The Notorious RBG decides she was becoming notorious for the wrong reasons
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg expresses regret for her comments disparaging a presidential candidate in the midst of an election.
Second Amendment protects former soldier who had been psychiatrically committed 10 years ago, when he was 15
Federal law generally bans gun ownership by people who had been psychiatrically committed; for commitments in some states, the ban is permanent. The Supreme Court has said laws disarming the “mentally ill” are presumptively constitutional -- but in this case the court found that this presumption is rebutted.
The battle within the prosecution team
The conflict over Brady’s application to police personnel files has divided the prosecution team, pitting prosecutors against police officers and police management against the police rank-and-file.
Nebraska regulators retaliated against financial adviser for anti-Obama speech (and for publicly offering $100 ‘towards the purchase of a firearm’ as a bonus to customers)
The regulators "implicitly pressured" Bob Bennie's employer to curtail "Bennie's speech to avoid problems with the department." One of the regulators told a colleague that a call to the employer would cover, among other things, Bennie's "gun slingin ads, and calling Obama a ‘communist' and an ‘evil' man issues."
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