The U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act diminishes liberty and stymies growth. The statute is vaguely drafted, enforced in a way that minimizes mens rea protections, and lacks a compliance defense.
License plate readers can aid police — but Texas needs guardrails
Earlier this summer, two Texas law enforcement agencies announced investigations involving the alleged misuse of Flock Safety’s automated license plate reader (ALPR) technology. In Fort Bend County, a sheriff’s lieutenant admitted to conducting repeated searches unrelated to official law enforcement duties nearly 200 times. Shortly thereafter, Baytown Police opened internal affairs and criminal investigations into allegations that an...