{"id":1609,"date":"2008-05-17T05:11:32","date_gmt":"2008-05-17T05:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/multiracial.com\/wp\/index.php\/2008\/05\/17\/press-release-the-multiracial-activist-joins-amicus-brief-to-supreme-court-case\/"},"modified":"2016-12-16T17:39:37","modified_gmt":"2016-12-16T17:39:37","slug":"press-release-the-multiracial-activist-joins-amicus-brief-to-supreme-court-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/2008\/05\/17\/press-release-the-multiracial-activist-joins-amicus-brief-to-supreme-court-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Release: The Multiracial Activist Joins Amicus Brief to Supreme Court Case"},"content":{"rendered":"

Press Release: The Multiracial Activist Joins Amicus Brief to Supreme Court Case<\/p>\n

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
\nMay 16, 2008
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\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Multiracial Activist
\nContact: James Landrith
\nPhone: 703-593-2065
\nFax: 760-875-8547
\nEmail: \\n james@jameslandrith.com<\/a> This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it <\/span>This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it <\/span>
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Alexandria, VA — <\/span>Today, a group of 27 legal scholars and technical experts and 13 privacy and civil liberty groups filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court<\/strong><\/a> in the case of\u00a0Herring v. U.S.<\/em>\u00a0 The Multiracial Activist (TMA)\u00a0was among the signers of this important brief.<\/span><\/p>\n

From the Electronic Privacy Information Center on this case<\/strong><\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

In Herring v. US<\/span><\/em>, the police searched and then arrested Bennie Dean Herring based on incorrect information in a government database. He was illegally arrested and searched even though he told the officers that there was no arrest warrant, and no officer had seen or could produce a copy of the arrest warrant. <\/span><\/p>\n

After he was indicted, Herring petitioned the district court to suppress the evidence gathered incident to his unlawful arrest, arguing the exclusionary rule prevented the use of such evidence. But the district court rule against him. Herring then appealed to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, which affirmed<\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/a> the district court’s ruling. Herring then petitioned<\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/a> for cert. to the US Supreme Court. The US Supreme Court agreed<\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/a> on February 19, 2008 to consider the case and decide whether to suppress the evidence obtained.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe heart of this case speaks to the dangers of bureaucratic information sharing, domestic surveillance\u00a0and centralization of public and private data in government hands,\u201d stated James Landrith, The Multiracial Activist\u2019s founder.\u00a0 \u201cThe crushing power of junk data and gross errors introduced into these massive databases pales in comparison to the damage said errors can visit upon the human being impacted by such mistakes and grossly inaccurate information.\u00a0 Such destruction of careers, families and lives cannot be ignored, politically spun, or brushed aside in favor of authoritarian expediency.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Landrith further commented that, \u201cAs these are issues that TMA has been quite vocal about in the past, the decision to join this case via today\u2019s amicus brief was an easy one.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Relevant Links:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

EPIC\u2019s Herring v. U.S. page:\u00a0 http:\/\/epic.org\/privacy\/herring\/<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The Multiracial Activist:\u00a0 http:\/\/www.multriacial.com<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Amicus Brief filed today: http:\/\/epic.org\/privacy\/herring\/07-513tsac_epic.pdf<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

About TMA:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 The Multiracial Activist is a libertarian oriented activist journal (<\/strong>ISSN: 1552-3446<\/span><\/strong>)<\/strong> focusing on civil liberties issues related to multiracial self-identity and interracial relationships.\u00a0 Occasionally, TMA participates in general civil liberties efforts and coalitions.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Press Release: The Multiracial Activist Joins Amicus Brief to Supreme Court Case FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 16, 2008 The Multiracial Activist Contact: James Landrith Phone: 703-593-2065 Fax: 760-875-8547 Email: \\n james@jameslandrith.com This e-mail address...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4171,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[103],"class_list":["post-1609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-press-release"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p89tuq-pX","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Press-Releases.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1609"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4174,"href":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1609\/revisions\/4174"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}