http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Privacy_RightsFind stories, videos, and photos about Privacy Rights from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:44:49 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/POLITICS/07/21/sotomayor.vote.delay/tztop.sotomayor.wed.gi.jpghttp://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Privacy_Rights14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Privacy Rights from CNN.com.http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/21/sotomayor.vote.delay/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/21/sotomayor.vote.delay/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday delayed its confirmation vote for Judge Sonia Sotomayor by one week, acceding to GOP demands for more time to examine the U.S. Supreme Court nominee's record.Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:26:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/LAW/10/10/scotus.abortion/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/LAW/10/10/scotus.abortion/index.htmlThe Supreme Court rejected an appeal Tuesday from a Georgia woman seeking to reverse a 1973 Supreme Court ruling giving her the right to an abortion.Tue, 10 Oct 2006 18:30:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/10/05/news/companies/hp_california/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/10/05/news/companies/hp_california/index.htmFormer Hewlett-Packard chairman Patricia Dunn faces criminal charges for her role in the company's controversial leak probe, but chief executive Mark Hurd has dodged legal action for now.Thu, 05 Oct 2006 17:34:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/07/17/plame.lawsuit.tm/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/07/17/plame.lawsuit.tm/index.htmlLots of legal experts greeted the Valerie Plame lawsuit against Vice President Cheney and White House senior officials Karl Rove and I. Lewis Libby with skepticism, largely because it will have to overcome an almost certain argument that Cheney and company are, as federal officials, immune to being sued for on-the-job behavior. But the argument to dismiss the lawsuit outright isn't so simple to make.Mon, 17 Jul 2006 21:16:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/16/NSA.suit/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/16/NSA.suit/index.htmlBellSouth and AT&T were added to a class-action lawsuit against Verizon Communications that alleges the companies illegally participated in a National Security Agency domestic surveillance program.Tue, 16 May 2006 23:08:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/05/16/news/companies/verizon/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/05/16/news/companies/verizon/index.htmVerizon Communications Inc. denied earlier media reports that it entered into a contract with the National Security Agency, providing the government office with info about its customer phone calls.Tue, 16 May 2006 20:33:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/05/15/news/companies/verizon/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/05/15/news/companies/verizon/index.htmA lawsuit is asking a federal court to order President Bush, the National Security Agency and Verizon to end a secret snooping program, and Verizon's stock took a hit on the news Monday.Mon, 15 May 2006 14:56:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/11/morton.alito/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/11/morton.alito/index.htmlYears ago, senators didn't even question presidential nominees to the Supreme Court. Now they do, of course, and Judge Samuel Alito may wish this week, as the questions flood over him, that he'd lived in that quieter time.Wed, 11 Jan 2006 21:48:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/12/23/justice.nsa/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/12/23/justice.nsa/index.htmlJustice Department lawyers have sent a letter to key congressional leaders providing legal arguments they say justify President Bush's decision to authorize the National Security Agency to intercept communications between people in the United States and potential terrorist contacts abroad.Fri, 23 Dec 2005 14:29:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/LAW/11/09/scotus.search/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/LAW/11/09/scotus.search/index.htmlA dispute between a husband and wife over a search of their home for illegal drugs left the Supreme Court equally at odds Tuesday in an important case over police powers.Wed, 09 Nov 2005 13:57:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/18/miers/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/18/miers/index.htmlAs the White House renewed its attempts to rally backing for Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers, her views -- or non-views -- on a key privacy case appeared to ignite more controversy.Tue, 18 Oct 2005 06:18:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/18/miers.specter/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/18/miers.specter/index.htmlSenate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter said Monday that Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers told him in a private meeting that she believed the 1965 case of Griswold vs. Connecticut -- a landmark ruling establishing the right to privacy -- was "rightly decided."Tue, 18 Oct 2005 05:59:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/17/miers/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/17/miers/index.htmlThe White House began a renewed attempt Monday to rally backing for Harriet Miers, whose nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court has failed to attract widespread support from any part of the political spectrum.Mon, 17 Oct 2005 18:45:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/14/roberts.quotes/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/14/roberts.quotes/index.htmlJudge John Roberts, President Bush's pick to succeed William Rehnquist as the nation's chief justice, appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee for the third day of his confirmation hearings Wednesday. Read below for some of the questions posed to the nominee in the hearings so far and his responses on the legal issues of the day.Wed, 14 Sep 2005 14:06:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/13/roberts.hearings/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/13/roberts.hearings/index.htmlChief justice nominee John Roberts faced friendly questioning early Wednesday but was expected to endure more intense probing as Senate confirmation hearings continued for a third day.Tue, 13 Sep 2005 12:38:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/12/roberts.hearings/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/12/roberts.hearings/index.htmlChief justice nominee John Roberts on Monday promised to approach the law with "a certain humility" and told members of the Senate Judiciary Committee that he has "no agenda" on the bench.Mon, 12 Sep 2005 15:43:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/29/roberts.tm/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/29/roberts.tm/index.htmlHe's going to be on the Supreme Court for life. So what kind of justice will he be?Mon, 29 Aug 2005 20:52:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/LAW/04/28/limbaugh.court/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/LAW/04/28/limbaugh.court/index.htmlThe Florida Supreme Court has turned down conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh's request to review a lower court decision that the state could seize his medical records.Thu, 28 Apr 2005 20:14:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/LAW/03/17/lazarus.steroids/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/LAW/03/17/lazarus.steroids/index.htmlIf you are -- as I am -- a devotee of sports talk radio, then you have been bombarded this week with criticism of Congress' decision to subpoena a number of current and former baseball players to testify about steroid use. Only discussion of the NCAA basketball championships has vied for prominence with the steroid subpoena story.Thu, 17 Mar 2005 21:18:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/LAW/08/11/allred/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/LAW/08/11/allred/index.htmlAmber Frey, who is testifying this week in the double murder trial of Scott Peterson, has painted a picture of her former lover as a deceptive and charming seducer.Wed, 11 Aug 2004 14:37:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/LAW/05/06/schiavo.case/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/LAW/05/06/schiavo.case/index.htmlA Pinellas County Circuit Court judge has dealt Florida Gov. Jeb Bush a first-round defeat by ruling that a law specifically intended to save the life of a brain-damaged woman is unconstitutional and a violation of the right to privacy.Thu, 06 May 2004 16:38:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/LAW/03/31/dorf.privacy/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/LAW/03/31/dorf.privacy/index.htmlIn connection with his defense of the federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act (or PBABA), Attorney General John Ashcroft recently sought to procure the medical records of 45 patients at a Chicago, Illinois, hospital. He contended that because he sought the records without patient identification, privacy concerns were not implicated.Wed, 31 Mar 2004 20:49:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/LAW/03/18/limbaugh.records/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/LAW/03/18/limbaugh.records/index.htmlRush Limbaugh's attorney filed a reply Thursday in the Florida 4th District Court of Appeal saying prosecutors failed to comply with a state statute in seizing his medical records.Fri, 19 Mar 2004 00:19:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/LAW/01/26/limbaugh.no.deal/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/LAW/01/26/limbaugh.no.deal/index.htmlTalk radio host Rush Limbaugh's lawyer said Monday there was never any offer by his client to make a plea deal with the state attorney's office investigating Limbaugh on charges of "doctor shopping."Mon, 26 Jan 2004 01:26:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/LAW/01/23/limbaugh.plea.letters/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/LAW/01/23/limbaugh.plea.letters/index.htmlProsecutors rejected a plea deal offer from Rush Limbaugh's lawyers, who proposed that the radio talk show host enter a treatment program for drug offenders to avoid criminal conviction.Fri, 23 Jan 2004 17:37:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2001/03/19/299197/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2001/03/19/299197/index.htmA man in Memphis secretly installed a spyware program called Spector on his 13-year-old stepdaughter's personal computer last fall and discovered, by reading her private e-mail, that she was having...Mon, 19 Mar 2001 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/08/27/73929/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/08/27/73929/index.htmWith the country now poised for hearings on a Supreme Court nominee, and for boundless recrimination over the law of abortion, we propose to indulge in a little fantasy previously not allowed out o...Mon, 27 Aug 1990 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/06/20/70671/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/06/20/70671/index.htmThe privacy team lost on points in the Supreme Court the other day, but the uproar over the case--California v. Greenwood et al.--left us still gloomily thinking that people talking up privacy stil...Mon, 20 Jun 1988 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/05/23/70550/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/05/23/70550/index.htmSmokers' rights are collapsing everywhere (see above), but drunks and druggies possibly have more rights than is desirable. In employment situations, alcoholics have often been protected by the not...Mon, 23 May 1988 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/04/01/65738/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/04/01/65738/index.htmEVEN BOSTON'S CAB DRIVERS, normally a shockproof bunch, are scandalized: they can tell you every detail of the troubles at the Bank of Boston, one of Beantown's oldest--and, until lately, most vene...Mon, 01 Apr 1985 05:01:00 EST