Oklahoma Bill Would Ban Warrantless Stingray Location Tracking

A bill filed in the Oklahoma Senate would ban the use of “stingrays” to track the location of phones without a warrant in most situations. The passage of the bill would not only protect privacy in the Sooner State; it would also hinder one aspect of the federal surveillance state.

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Vermont Bill Would Reject Some FDA Restrictions on Terminal Patients

MONTPELIER, Vt. (Jan. 26, 2016) – A bill introduced in the Vermont Senate would set the foundation to nullify in practice some Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rules that deny access to experimental treatments by terminally ill patients. Introduced by Sen. Sen. Dick McCormack (D-Windsor) and four bipartisan co-sponsors, Senate Bill 37 (SB37) would give…

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Missouri Bills Would Require Implementation of the Unconstitutional REAL ID Act

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Dec. 22, 2016) – Two bills prefiled for the 2017 legislative session would repeal a Missouri law prohibiting implementation of the Real ID Act and set the state on a course to participate in an unconstitutional national identification system. Rep. Kevin Corlew (R-Kansas City) prefiled House Bill 151 (HB151) on Dec. 6.…

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