Showing posts with label Surveillance of Muslims. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Surveillance of Muslims. Show all posts
Friday, March 04, 2022

Supreme Court In Muslim Surveillance Case Says State Secrets Doctrine Survives FISA

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The U.S. Supreme Court today, in a unanimous opinion written by Justice Alito issued a narrow decision in Federal Bureau of Investigation v....
Monday, November 08, 2021

Supreme Court Will Hear Oral Arguments In FISA And Muslim Surveillance

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The U.S. Supreme Court this morning will hear oral arguments in  Federal Bureau of Investigation v. Fazaga.  This case grows out of a suit f...
Monday, June 07, 2021

Supreme Court Grants Cert. In Challenge To Surveillance of Muslims

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The U.S. Supreme Court today granted review in  Federal Bureau of Investigation v. Fagazi,  (Docket No. 20-828, certiorari granted 6/7/2021)...
Tuesday, July 21, 2020

9th Circuit: En Banc Review Denied In Suit Over FBI Surveillance of Muslims

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In February 2019, a 3-judge panel of the 9th Circuit in Fazaga v. Federal Bureau of Investigation held that three Muslim plaintiffs may move...
Friday, September 06, 2019

Procedures For Inclusion On Terrorist Watch List Are Unconstitutional

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In Elhady v. Kable ,  (ED VA, Sept. 4, 2019), a Virginia federal district court held that the procedures for including individuals in the U....
Friday, March 01, 2019

9th Circuit: Suit Against FBI For Anti-Muslim Surveillance May Move Ahead

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In Fazaga v. Federal Bureau of Investigation ,  (9th Cir., Feb. 28, 2019), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in a 103-page opinion held ...
Sunday, April 08, 2018

Settlement Reached With NYPD In Muslim Surveillance Case

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Last week, a settlement agreement (filed in New Jersey federal district court on April 5) ( full text ) was reached in Hassan v. City of New...
Wednesday, March 08, 2017

Revised Settlement Agreement Reached In Suits On NYPD Surveillance of Muslims

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The ACLU on Monday announced a revised settlement agreement in two cases involving the New York Police Department's surveillance of Mus...
Tuesday, November 01, 2016

Judge Wants Greater Restrictions In Settlement of NYPD Muslim Surveillance Suit

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As previously reported , in January the parties to a long-running class action challenging practices of the New York Police Department in su...
Thursday, August 25, 2016

Investigation Says NYPD Does Not Stick To Guidelines In Surveilling Muslims

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The New York Police Department yesterday released an Inspector-General's report titled An Investigation of NYPD’s Compliance with Rules ...
Friday, January 08, 2016

Settlement Reached In Suit Over NYPD Surveillance of Muslims

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In 2013, a suit captioned Raza v. City of New York was filed in a New York federal district court challenging the constitutionality of the ...
Wednesday, October 14, 2015

3rd Circuit: Challenge To NYPD Muslim Surveillance Program May Move Forward

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Yesterday the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals in Hassan v. City of New York ,  (3d Cir., Oct. 13, 2015), reversed a New Jersey federal dis...
Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Court Says Muslim Surveillance Documents May Not Be Withheld Under FOIA "Law Enforcement" Exemption

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In ACLU of North California v. FBI ,  (ND CA, March 23, 2015), in a Freedom of Information Act suit, a California federal district court hel...
Wednesday, January 14, 2015

3rd Circuit Hears Arguments In Muslim Challenge To NYPD Surveillance

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Yesterday the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in Hassan v. City of New York.  ( Audio of full oral arguments. )  Th...
Wednesday, July 09, 2014

Report Says Muslim-Americans Included In NSA-FBI E-mail Monitoring

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According to a lengthy report at  The Intercept today, documents from whistleblower Edward Snowden reveal that the NSA and FBI have secretl...
Sunday, May 11, 2014

NYPD Asks Arrested Muslims To Become Anti-Terrorism Informants

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In a front page article, today's New York Times reports that a special New York Police Department detective squad-- the Citywide Debrie...
Wednesday, April 16, 2014

NYPD Ends Muslim Neighborhood Surveillance Unit

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The New York Times yesterday reported that the New York Police Department is dropping its controversial Demographics Unit that has sent plai...
Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Court Passes On Discovery Requests In Case Challenging NYPD's Surveillance Of Muslims

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In Raza v. City of New York ,  (ED NY, Nov. 22, 2013), a New York federal district court ruled on challenged discovery requests in a lawsuit...