Brett Max Kaufman

Jul 12, 2024 | news.bloomberglaw.com | Cassandre Coyer |Tonya Riley |Brett Max Kaufman

A split appeals court opinion clearing the government’s acquisition of users’ mobile-device location data from Google of constitutional scrutiny will likely spark more friction between emerging technologies and the scope of law enforcement searches, attorneys warned. The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit’s ruling in US v. Chatrie concluded, over a dissent, that the use of such geofencing doesn’t constitute a search under the Fourth Amendment.

Jul 3, 2024 | aclu.org | David Cole |Brett Max Kaufman

By granting Donald Trump immunity for a wide range of criminal conduct committed while in office, the Supreme Court has set a dangerous precedent that presidents are above the law.

Jul 3, 2024 | aclu.org | David Cole |Brett Max Kaufman

The Supreme Court’s decision to grant presidents immunity from prosecution for criminal acts committed while in office not only gives Donald Trump a free pass for his past crimes, but sets a dangerous precedent for all future presidents. Before Trump, no one had even argued that presidents are absolutely immune from criminal liability after they leave office. Indeed, every president – including Trump himself – assumed the opposite.

Apr 8, 2024 | aclu.org | Sara Robinson |Brett Max Kaufman

The CIA is so known for its unabashed secrecy that, when it joined Twitter in 2014, its first tweet was: “We can neither confirm nor deny that this is our first tweet.” This non-response response is known as a “Glomar,” and while the intelligence community likes to poke fun at how often they invoke it, this inane phrase has allowed the CIA to skirt meaningful transparency and accountability for decades.

Dec 13, 2023 | theguardian.com | Shadi Hamid |Brett Max Kaufman |Yousef Munayyer

Shadi Hamid: ‘We on the left bear some responsibility for creating the conditions for these political attacks’Well before the Israel-Gaza war broke out, a new McCarthyism was already widespread on American college campuses.