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Welcome to 2025: Where Your Freedoms Go to Die
Loaded on April 15, 2025
by John W. Whitehead, Nisha Whitehead
published in Criminal Legal News
May, 2025, page 19
“There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice.”
—Montesquieu, Enlightenment philosopher
Wondering what to expect from the government in 2025?
So far, it looks like it will be more of the same ill-advised, costly, greedy, taxpayer-funded, ...
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More from this issue:
- Beyond a Reasonable Doubt? Fingerprint Evidence’s Troubling Flaws, by Douglas Ankney
- Warrantless Device Inspections Surge at the U.S. Border, by David Kim
- Welcome to 2025: Where Your Freedoms Go to Die, by John W. Whitehead, Nisha Whitehead
- Connecticut Supreme Court Announces Teague’s ‘Watershed’ Rule Exception to Nonretroactivity of New Constitutional Rule of Criminal Procedure on Collateral Review Has ‘Continued Vitality’ in Connecticut, Adoption of Third Exception to Teague’s Nonretroacti, by Douglas Ankney
- ICE’s Expansive Surveillance Tool Monitors Hundreds of Websites and Apps, by James Mills
- Arkansas Supreme Court Rules § 16-93-609(b)(2)(B), Relating to Parole Eligibility for Residential Burglary Conviction, Applies Retroactively to Defendant, by Sagi Schwartzberg
- A Black Box, a Guilty Plea, and an Uncertain Truth, by Michael Thompson
- Cops’ Lie-Detecting Delusion: They Can’t Spot Lies Based on Nonverbal Cues or ‘Abnormal’ Behavior—Yet Keep Lying to Themselves (and Ruining Lives) That They Can, by David Kim
- Third-Hand Meth Contamination in Cars Poses Hidden Danger to Buyers and Renters, by Jo Ellen Nott
- Federal Government Circumventing Fourth Amendment by Buying Data From Data Brokers, by Anthony Accurso
- AI Identifies Sex From Skulls Faster and More Accurately Than Experts, by James Mills
- Bodycam Footage for Sale: Ohio Joins the List of States Charging Money for Bodycam Footage, While Others Restrict It Entirely, by James Mills
- Crowdsourcing a Map to Track License Plate Surveillance, by Anthony Accurso
- Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Announces Order of Deferred Disposition Not a ‘Sentence’ Under Article 44.01(b)—Which Authorizes State to Appeal Illegal Sentence—Resolving Split Among State Courts of Appeals, by David Reutter
- Treasury Lowers Cash Reporting Threshold to $200 for Southwest Border Counties, by James Mills
- NYPD Responds to 911 Calls with Drones, by James Mills
- Connecticut Compensates Exonerated Prisoners, Reforms Policing, by Jo Ellen Nott
- Younger Generations Lead Decline in U.S. Support for Death Penalty, by Michael Thompson
- D.C. Police Continue Heavy Investment in Social Media Monitoring, by Anthony Accurso
- Questionable Retail Theft Panic Fuels More Mass Surveillance and Police Militarization, by Jo Ellen Nott
- Fourth Circuit: District Court Erred in Imposing ‘Managerial Role’ Enhancement Under Guidelines § 3B1.1(b) Without Making ‘Particularized Findings’ Regarding Scope of Criminal Activity and Number of Participants as Required by Guidelines §1B1.1, by Douglas Ankney
- Nearly 150 Exonerations in 2024 Highlight Persistent Flaws in U.S. Criminal Justice System, by David Kim
- Ninth Circuit Grants Stay and Abeyance of Federal Habeas Petition to Allow Petitioner to Exhaust State Remedies, by Sagi Schwartzberg
- The FBI’s Encrypted Phone Sting, by Michael Thompson
- Ninth Circuit Announces Attorney Cannot Be Compelled to Provide ‘Privilege Log’ Protected Under Fisher if Doing So Would Undermine Client’s Fifth Amendment ‘Act-of-Production Privilege’ and Attorney-Client Privilege, by Sagi Schwartzberg
- Fifth Circuit: Sentence Enhancement for Maintaining Drug Premises Not Satisfied Solely by Defendant’s Single, Conclusory Statement That He ‘Maintained’ Premises When Record Shows Mere ‘Use’ of Premises, by David Reutter
- News in Brief
More from John W. Whitehead:
- Welcome to 2025: Where Your Freedoms Go to Die, April 15, 2025
- A Gift America Can’t Return: The Police State Is America’s New Crime Boss, Feb. 15, 2025
- You’d Better Watch Out: The Surveillance State Is Making a List, and You’re On It, Dec. 15, 2024
- Overthrowing the Constitution: All Sides Are Waging War on Our Freedoms, Nov. 1, 2024
- The Steady Slide Towards Tyranny: How Freedom Dies from A to Z, Sept. 1, 2024
- Down with Big Brother: Warrantless Surveillance Makes a Mockery of the Constitution, Aug. 1, 2024
- Watchlisted: You’re Probably Already on a Government Extremism List, March 15, 2024
- The White House Goes Rogue: Secret Surveillance Program Breaks all the Rules, Jan. 15, 2024
- We the Targeted: How the Government Weaponizes Surveillance to Silence its Critics 2372, Dec. 15, 2023
- A Nation of Snitches: DHS Is Grooming Americans to Report on Each Other, Nov. 1, 2023
More from Nisha Whitehead:
- Welcome to 2025: Where Your Freedoms Go to Die, April 15, 2025
- A Gift America Can’t Return: The Police State Is America’s New Crime Boss, Feb. 15, 2025
- You’d Better Watch Out: The Surveillance State Is Making a List, and You’re On It, Dec. 15, 2024
- Overthrowing the Constitution: All Sides Are Waging War on Our Freedoms, Nov. 1, 2024
- The Steady Slide Towards Tyranny: How Freedom Dies from A to Z, Sept. 1, 2024
- Down with Big Brother: Warrantless Surveillance Makes a Mockery of the Constitution, Aug. 1, 2024
- Watchlisted: You’re Probably Already on a Government Extremism List, March 15, 2024
- The White House Goes Rogue: Secret Surveillance Program Breaks all the Rules, Jan. 15, 2024
- We the Targeted: How the Government Weaponizes Surveillance to Silence its Critics 2372, Dec. 15, 2023
- A Nation of Snitches: DHS Is Grooming Americans to Report on Each Other, Nov. 1, 2023
More from these topics:
- Facial Recognition at the Border: CBP’s Push to Scan Every Car Passenger Sparks Privacy Concerns, May 15, 2025. Police State-Surveillance, Electronic Surveillance, Privacy Act/Rights, Searches - Border Stops/Searches, Immigration Law/Offenses.
- Car Subscriptions: Another Means of Mass Surveillance by Law Enforcement, May 15, 2025. Vehicle Searches, Internet, Police State-Surveillance, Electronic Surveillance.
- D.C. Police Continue Heavy Investment in Social Media Monitoring, April 15, 2025. Internet, Police State-Surveillance, Electronic Surveillance, Social Media.
- ICE’s Expansive Surveillance Tool Monitors Hundreds of Websites and Apps, April 15, 2025. Police State-Surveillance, Enforcement of Immigration Laws, Electronic Surveillance, Immigration Law/Offenses, Social Media.
- Crowdsourcing a Map to Track License Plate Surveillance, April 15, 2025. Traffic stop, Police State-Surveillance.
- Questionable Retail Theft Panic Fuels More Mass Surveillance and Police Militarization, April 15, 2025. Police Misconduct, Police State-Surveillance, Electronic Surveillance, Fraud and Theft Loss.
- The FBI’s Encrypted Phone Sting, April 15, 2025. Cell Searches, FBI, Police State-Surveillance, Electronic Surveillance.
- NYPD Responds to 911 Calls with Drones, April 15, 2025. Computer Searches, Police State-Surveillance, Use of Drones.
- No Opened Envelopes: Hawai’i Prisons Get New Mail Scanning Technology, April 1, 2025. Mail Regulations, Police State-Surveillance, Antipsychotic Drugs/Forced Medication, Drug Laws/Offenses.
- EFF Launches Rayhunter: A New Tool to Detect Covert Cellular Surveillance, March 15, 2025. Police State-Surveillance, Cell Site Location Information ("CSLI").
