Freshman lauded for email privacy legislation

The July issue of Texas Monthly has a lengthy interview with freshman state Rep. Jonathon Stickland, mostly focused on his amendment requiring law enforcement to secure warrants to access cloud-based email. Grits was interviewed recently for a D Magazine feature about the legislation which I understand will run in its August edition. Glad to see him getting in-state credit. The amendment received terrific attention nationwide, particularly from the tech press, but the Texas media hasn't seemed to want to give the freshman the credit he deserves.

See related Grits posts:

• Third-party doctrine and the future of the Fourth Amendment in the digital age
• Stickland warrants for cloud-content amendment continues to rack up media praise
• National tech press loves Stickland email legislation: Will it become law?
• Federalism, search warrants, and cloud-based email: Correcting a false meme
• Texas first state to require warrants for old email if bill survives veto period
• Texas closing email loophole, requiring warrants for content: Feds should follow suit
• Texas House approves electronic privacy legislation
• Texas House votes to require warrants for emails stored with third parties
• Protecting email from warrantless government searches
• Require warrants for police to read old email