Legal commentators and others point to the extraordinary set of laws the US has enacted in the name of privacy, prohibiting the sharing of personal information about individuals. Did these laws contribute to the Virginia Tech tragedy. “OverLawyered” editor Walter Olson comments.
Ask university officials in the US why their hands are so often tied when they see a student beginning to spiral into disruptive madness and some will cite federal laws that prohibit discrimination against the mentally ill. Others will mention procedural obstacles that can make it hard to expel a youngster over anything short of […]