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Case law says that a person has a right to privacy.
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Current law and case law requires that records be provided to the public within three business days of a request.
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The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2026
Courts are deliberative places, where there are briefing schedules and hundreds of pages of evidentiary documents and lengthy rulings citing hundreds of years of case law.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026
But district court judges have noted that case law and federal statutes prohibit ICE from detaining people indefinitely or for prolonged periods of time.
—Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
Even so, each case is reviewed individually, Kunzweiler said, with prosecutors weighing evidence against the legal thresholds set out in statute and case law.
—Stephen Martin, Oklahoma Watch, 5 Mar. 2026
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The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2026
Courts are deliberative places, where there are briefing schedules and hundreds of pages of evidentiary documents and lengthy rulings citing hundreds of years of case law.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026
But district court judges have noted that case law and federal statutes prohibit ICE from detaining people indefinitely or for prolonged periods of time.
—Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
Even so, each case is reviewed individually, Kunzweiler said, with prosecutors weighing evidence against the legal thresholds set out in statute and case law.
—Stephen Martin, Oklahoma Watch, 5 Mar. 2026
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“Case law.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/case%20law. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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