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The new heading seems reasonably accurate and much more clear. "9th Circuit Appeals Court" does not add useful information (at least not enough to warrant incl

The new heading seems reasonably accurate and much more clear. "9th Circuit Appeals Court" does not add useful information (at least not enough to warrant inclusion in the heading) and "4th amendment" doesn't mean anything at all to those of us who are not Americans.

dfc 14y ago
Unless you were following the case the inclusion of the 9th circuit is a nice way to scope the impact of the ruling.
rayiner 14y ago
9th Circuit adds a ton of useful information: its decisions are only binding in the 9th circuit (California, etc). Also, it's the most overturned Circuit at the Supreme Court level by a large margin.
- OGinparadise 14y ago
  The sixth, I think, took that honor a few years ago. http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/a_sixth_sense_6th_circuit_has_surpassed_the_9th_as_the_most_reversed_appeal/ http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/a_sixth_sense_6th...
- Natsu 14y ago
  > Also, it's the most overturned Circuit at the Supreme Court level by a large margin. The stat pack for the previous term appears to disagree with you. (For anyone not familiar with their terminology, note that OT 2011 refers to the period between October 4, 2011 and September 30, 2012.) http://sblog.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/SCOTUSblog_Stat_Pack_OT11_Updated.pdf http://sblog.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/SCO... The 9th Circuit was 7-17 while the 6th was 0-5. For a discussion of prior years, see: http://westreferenceattorneys.com/2011/07/should-the-ninth-circuit-be-judged-by-reversal-rates/ http://westreferenceattorneys.com/2011/07/should-the-ninth-c...
- LeeHunter 14y ago
  I'm not saying that that the 9th Circuit isn't useful information per se. But this thread is about what belongs in this particular headline. Just because it's interesting information (to that tiny sector of the readership that follows US law closely enough to know their 9th Circuits from their 10th Circuits) doesn't necessarily mean that information has to live in the headline. The crux of the story is that the courts have finally upheld the idea of privacy at the border. That's the news.
rgbrenner 14y ago
'"9th Circuit Appeals Court" does not add useful information' "9th circuit appeals court" is probably the most important part of the article. It tells me the Supreme Court didn't decide this -- so nothing has changed for 41 of the 50 states.

dfc 14y ago

Unless you were following the case the inclusion of the 9th circuit is a nice way to scope the impact of the ruling.

rayiner 14y ago

9th Circuit adds a ton of useful information: its decisions are only binding in the 9th circuit (California, etc). Also, it's the most overturned Circuit at the Supreme Court level by a large margin.

OGinparadise 14y ago
The sixth, I think, took that honor a few years ago. http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/a_sixth_sense_6th_circuit_has_surpassed_the_9th_as_the_most_reversed_appeal/ http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/a_sixth_sense_6th...
Natsu 14y ago
> Also, it's the most overturned Circuit at the Supreme Court level by a large margin. The stat pack for the previous term appears to disagree with you. (For anyone not familiar with their terminology, note that OT 2011 refers to the period between October 4, 2011 and September 30, 2012.) http://sblog.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/SCOTUSblog_Stat_Pack_OT11_Updated.pdf http://sblog.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/SCO... The 9th Circuit was 7-17 while the 6th was 0-5. For a discussion of prior years, see: http://westreferenceattorneys.com/2011/07/should-the-ninth-circuit-be-judged-by-reversal-rates/ http://westreferenceattorneys.com/2011/07/should-the-ninth-c...
LeeHunter 14y ago
I'm not saying that that the 9th Circuit isn't useful information per se. But this thread is about what belongs in this particular headline. Just because it's interesting information (to that tiny sector of the readership that follows US law closely enough to know their 9th Circuits from their 10th Circuits) doesn't necessarily mean that information has to live in the headline. The crux of the story is that the courts have finally upheld the idea of privacy at the border. That's the news.

rgbrenner 14y ago

'"9th Circuit Appeals Court" does not add useful information' "9th circuit appeals court" is probably the most important part of the article. It tells me the Supreme Court didn't decide this -- so nothing has changed for 41 of the 50 states.