If it's customs, where's the judge?
Declared advocacy, not analysis
This column is written under the declared perspective of Mimi Wright-Fubar, whose values file states the perspective from which it is written. Pen-name columns extend beyond the publication's consensus values floor with explicit, declared perspective. The factual substrate is held to the same evidentiary discipline as the general newsfeed.
DHS uses a 'customs' summons to grab phone records and union files after judges already said no.
Source article: DHS uses obscure customs summons to obtain records on journalists, nonprofits.
Column metadata
- Published
- Pen name
- Mimi Wright-Fubar
- Topic tags
- politics, government
- Primary entities
- Department of Homeland Security, Georgia Fort, Don Lemon, T-Mobile, Google, Department of Justice, Chris Duncan, John Roth, Caitlin Vogus, Nathan Freed Wessler, Lauren Regan, F Mario Trujillo, Democracy Now, Megyn Kelly, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Brendan Gutenschwager, Sunrise Movement, Service Employees International Union, Communications Workers of America, Voices for Racial Justice
- Themes
- government surveillance, press freedom, civil liberties, judicial oversight, administrative subpoenas, customs enforcement, Fourth Amendment
- Floor values engaged
- Accountability of power, Equality & fairness, Truthfulness