After Obama NSA Speech, Spotlight on Congress

NEWS FROM WASHINGTON • After Obama NSA Speech, Spotlight on Congress • Obama Proposes Changes to Surveillance Court • Justices Agree to Review Cell Phone Searches • D.C. Circuit Revives Lobbyists' Fight Over Obama Ban • 'Patent Troll' Sues FTC During Hectic Week of Litigation • Winston Partner Leaves Firm to Defend Utah Ban on Same-Sex Marriage • Judge: Government Lawyers Committed 'Egregious Misconduct' • D.C. Judicial Review Group Discusses Financial Disclosure Rules • Pennsylvania's Voter ID Law Struck Down • Legislation Would Restore Voting Rights Act After Obama NSA Speech, Spotlight on Congress Lawmakers, civil rights advocates and tech companies shared a basic response to President Barack Obama's surveillance reforms: Good first step, but there's more to be done. Read More » Obama Proposes Changes to Surveillance Court President Barack Obama today announced reforms to the nation's surveillance programs in an effort to give federal judges greater oversight and to give the public more information and participation in the process. Read More » Justices Agree to Review Cell Phone Searches The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide whether warrantless searches by police of the contents of cell phones violate the Constitution. Read More » D.C. Circuit Revives Lobbyists' Fight Over Obama Ban A federal appeals court opened the door for registered lobbyists to serve on agency boards and commissions, contravening President Barack Obama's 2010 order banning lobbyists from such positions. Read More » 'Patent Troll' Sues FTC During Hectic Week of Litigation MPHJ Technology Investments, which has been aggressively attempting to enforce a patent on networked scanning technology, has sued the Federal Trade Commission over what it called unconstitutional threats about its enforcement tactics. Read More » Winston Partner Leaves Firm to Defend Utah Ban on Same-Sex Marriage Veteran Supreme Court and appellate advocate Gene Schaerr is leaving Winston & Strawn to represent the state of Utah in defense of its ban on same-sex marriage. Read More » Judge: Government Lawyers Committed 'Egregious Misconduct' Lawyers in the U.S. attorney's office in Washington committed "egregious misconduct" in their handling of discovery in a lawsuit that challenges how the Federal Bureau of Prisons treats inmates classified as terrorists, U.S. District Senior Judge Royce Lamberth said this week. Read More » D.C. Judicial Review Group Discusses Financial Disclosure Rules The amount of information disclosed to the public about the finances of District of Columbia judges is under review. Read More » Pennsylvania's Voter ID Law Struck Down Pennsylvania's law requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls has been struck down. Six months after the second trial challenging the law, Commonwealth Court Judge Bernard L. McGinley has entered a permanent injunction against the enforcement of the law. Read More » Legislation Would Restore Voting Rights Act A bipartisan group of lawmakers proposed legislation on Thursday to repair and expand the Voting Rights Act of 1965, in response to the U.S. Supreme Court decision last year that gutted one of the nation's most powerful tools to fight voter discrimination. Read More » SUPREME COURT CASES

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