U.S. Constitution

U.S. Federal Court Rules Police Can't Search Your Cell Phone, Violates Constitution's Privacy Protection

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Fri, 11/18/2011 - 15:00

Houston, TX -

U.S. District Judge Lynn N. Hughes ruled that police cannot freely search through your mobile phone while upholding a lower court ruling with he same ruling.

The government had contended that police and prosecutors could search through people's mobile phones, but in his ruling he said the U.S. Constitution's fourth Amendment prohibits this and that probable cause is needed or a warrant.

The ACLU had filed briefs in the case and has said in a statement “A consequence of having a cellphone should not include revealing to curious government agents one’s every movement.”

PETA Sues SeaWorld Claiming Whales Held Captive as Slaves, Says Whales Have Constitutional Rights

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 18:31

PETA has filed a lawsuit against SeaWorld for having Orca whales at its parks in Orlando and San Diego, claiming the whales are being held as captives and forced to work and perform, which is a violation of the U.S. Constitution against slavery.

In the lawsuit, the whales were named as the plaintiffs filing the suit and the court documents filed in Orlando at the federal courthouse show Tillicum, Katina, Corky, Caskaka and Ulysses as the petitioners. PETA says the whales obviously can't go into the courthouse so they filed the lawsuit on behalf or at the request of the whales.