ACLU Archives - Gregory S. McNeal | Founder, Investor, Professor |

20 Mar

Police Drones, the Fourth Amendment, and Drone Trespass — A New Case In Michigan

By Greg McNeal
In Blog, Drones, Law and Public Policy, Privacy, Surveillance

Do landowners have a reasonable expectation of privacy as against observations made by the government using drones at low altitudes? On March 18, 2021, an appeals court in Michigan concluded yes, finding “that persons have a reasonable expectation of privacy

30 Dec

Policy Paralysis and Homeland Security: A Review of Skating on Stilts: Why We Aren’t Stopping Tomorrow’s Terrorism by Stewart Baker

By Greg McNeal
In Law and Public Policy

I recently reviewed Skating on Stilts: Why We Aren’t Stopping Tomorrow’s Terrorism, by Stewart Baker former Assistant Secretary for Homeland Security Policy. The review appears in Engage, Volume 11, Issue 3, December 2010. I’ve pasted the text of the review

16 Nov

Human Rights Board Member Criticizes Decision To Represent an Active Terrorist

By Greg McNeal
In Law and Public Policy

Criticism of a decision to represent al Qaeda on the Arabian Peninsula leader, and al Qaeda supporter Anwar al-Awlaki is coming from an unlikely source… a board member at the Center for Constitutional Rights, co-counsel to al-Awlaki’s father. Karima Bennoune

13 Nov

Targeted Assassinations: The Debate on U.S. Policy Regarding American Citizens Designated as Terrorists

By Greg McNeal
In Law and Public Policy

On Thursday, November 18 at the University of California, Irvine School of Law, featuring Professor Gregory McNeal of the Pepperdine University School of Law and Ahilan Arulanantham, Director of the ACLU of Southern California’s National Security Project. The debate

22 Jan

Justice task force recommends about 50 Guantanamo detainees be held indefinitely

By Greg McNeal
In Law and Public Policy

Exactly one year has passed since President Obama declared he would close Guantanamo. And today, The Washington Post reports that his Department of Justice Task Force will recommend “that nearly 50 of the 196 detainees at the U.S. military prison