PEN Heading to Supreme Court
The Supreme Court announced today that it will consider whether plaintiffs represented by the ACLU—a list that includes PEN American Center, Amnesty International USA, Human Rights Watch, The Nation, and… More
PEN Heading to Supreme Court
[caption id="attachment_12462" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="U.S. Supreme Court, photo by Matt H. Wade via WikiCommons"][/caption] The Supreme Court announced today that it will consider whether plaintiffs represented by the ACLU—a list… More
PEN Heading to Supreme Court in Warrantless Surveillance Case
The U.S. Supreme Court today announced that it will consider whether a case brought by PEN and a number of other human rights, labor, and media organizations challenging the… More
Julian Sanchez: On Fiction and Surveillance
"When we talk about surveillance and privacy—perhaps more than any other political question—we speak a language borrowed from fiction." More
Julian Sanchez: On Fiction and Surveillance
[caption id="attachment_11940" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Julian Sanchez © Susan Morgan/PEN American Center"][/caption] At this year's PEN World Voices Festival, the panel Life in the Panopticon: Thoughts on Freedom in an Era… More
PEN, Co-Plaintiffs Ask Supreme Court to Let Surveillance Case Go to Trial
Our legal challenge to the U.S. government’s secret, warrantless surveillance program is back in the news today.The ACLU has filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf… More
PEN, Co-Plaintiffs Ask Supreme Court to Let Surveillance Case Go to Trial
[caption id="attachment_11538" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="U.S. Supreme Court, photo by Matt H. Wade via WikiCommons"][/caption] Our legal challenge to the U.S. government’s secret, warrantless surveillance program is back in the news… More
Lawsuit Challenging FISA Wiretaps Allowed to Proceed
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has twice now rejected the Obama Administration’s attempts to throw out a lawsuit challenging the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Amendments Act (FISA) allowing… More
Appeals Court OKs Challenge to Warrantless Electronic Spying
A legal challenge questioning the constitutionality of a federal law authorizing warrantless electronic surveillance of Americans inched a step closer Wednesday toward resolution. More
Congress Fails to Protect Reader Privacy Again
Organizations representing booksellers, librarians, publishers, and authors today expressed frustration and disappointment at the decision by Congress yesterday to reauthorize the expiring provisions of the USA Patriot Act for… More
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