Daniel Figueroa IVMay 10, 2022
5min0
'Everything we thought was settled law is on the chopping block.'
Tag: privacy rights
Daniel Figueroa IVMay 10, 2022
Peter SchorschJanuary 25, 2018
4min704
A proposed Constitution Revision Commission (CRC) amendment on “privacy” for the 2018 ballot could unravel protections guaranteed to Floridians, according to one of the lawmakers who wrote the state’s 1980 privacy amendment. The proposal, sponsored by Constitution Revision Commissioner John Stemberger and drafted by former Supreme Court Justice Kenneth Bell, would add 10 words to […]
Ana CeballosNovember 1, 2017
4min381
A proposed amendment to the state constitution tweaking the right to privacy sparked a debate over abortion when pro-choice advocates argued the new language would weaken access to the procedure. The issue came up Wednesday during a committee meeting of the Constitution Revision Commission, which is reviewing and considering changes to the state’s governing document. The […]
Associated PressMarch 22, 2015
10min244
State legislators across the country are pushing to make it much harder to release police officer body camera videos, undermining their promise as a tool people can use to hold law enforcement accountable. Lawmakers in at least 15 states have introduced bills to exempt video recordings of police encounters with the public from state public […]