The publications, along with some unpublished pieces, of current CPP Director, Dr. Richard Sobel, are listed below. These resources are available to provide examples of academic works and media articles in the field of privacy.
Papers
Air Travel Rights | Pedestrian ID | National ID | Voter ID | Citizenship, Identification and Immigration | Privacy, Human Rights, and Anti-Terrorism | Medical Privacy
| Pedestrian ID Issues | |
| Further Down the Road with Hiibel: Pedestrians to Passengers | Search and Seizure Law Report, Vol. 35:4, April 2008 |
| Troubles with Hiibel: How the Court Inverted the Relationship Between Citizens and the State | bepress Legal Series, 2006 |
| Compelled Identification Schemes are Historically Harmful | in Privacyactivism et al.,Amicus Brief to the U.S. Supreme Court on Hiibel v. Nevada, December 15, 2003. |
| Voter ID Issues | |
| Voter ID issues in Political Science and Politics | guest editor, including “Editor’s Introduction,” PS: Political Science and Politics, Vol. 42: No. 1, January 2009. |
| Demands for Voter Identification Require a Constitutional Standard of Reasonable Suspicion of Illegal Activity | with Robert Ellis Smith, in Sobel (2009) |
| Voter-ID Laws Discourage Participation, Particularly among Minorities, and Trigger a Constitutional Remedy in Lost Representation | with Robert Ellis Smith, in Sobel (2009) |
| Why should you fill out those green-and-white census forms? | with Maia H. Harris, Cambridge Chronicle, June 8, 2008 |
| Voter ID fallacies | Chicago Tribune Online, May 9, 2008 |
| The Need for Constitutional Standards for Voter Identification | Amicus Brief to the U.S. Supreme Court with Cyber Privacy Project et al., in Crawford v. Marion County Election Board,, December 2007 |
| National ID Issues | |
| New ID Rules Would Threaten Citizens' Rights | CNN.com, June 13, 2013 |
| License to Spy, A national drivers license—in reality a national ID card—would let the government track and restrict all our movements | Boston Phoenix, April 22, 2005 |
| Your Travel Pass, Please: National license a danger to basic freedoms | Cambridge Chronicle Online, March 10, 2005 |
| "Why a National ID Is a Bad Idea: A Policy Analysis | Unpublished, March 15, 2003 |
| The Degradation of Political Identity under a National Identification System | Boston University Journal of Science and Technology Law, Winter 2002 |
| The Demeaning of Identity and Personhood in National Identification Systems | Harvard Journal of Law and Technology, Spring 2002 |
| Why A National ID is a Bad Idea | Unpublished, October 25, 2001 |
| Not for Identification Purposes: National Identity numbers don't belong in an open society | Berkman Center Filter, August 12, 1998 |
| Citizenship, Identification and Immigration Issues | |
| New ID Rules Would Threaten Citizens' Rights | CNN.com, June 13, 2013 |
| Citizenship as Foundation | TriQuarterly, Summer 2008 |
| U.S. Immigration Policy in an Age of Rights | Debra L. DeLaet, Political Science Quarterly, Winter 2001-02 |
| Immigration and Identification: Interview with Alan Simpson | Migration World, Vol. 24:3, Summer 2001 |
| On Personhood Rights, An Interview with Visiting Professor Richard Sobel | Northwestern Chronicle, December 2007 |
| Privacy, Human Rights, and Anti-Terrorism | |
| co-author, Public Interest Law Journal, Winter 2013 | |
| Review of Arthur Jay and Judith Klinghoffer, "International Citizens' Tribunals: Mobilizing public opinion to advance human rights" | Human Rights Review, July-September 2006 |
| Anti-terror campaign has wide support, even at the expense of cherished rights | Chicago Tribune, November 4, 2001 |
| Medical Privacy and Confidentiality | |
| One Sentence: Privacy Rights | with Dr. Thomas Gutheil, Harvard University, July 23, 2010 |
| The HIPAA Paradox: The Privacy Rule That is Not | Hastings Center Report, July/August 2007 |
| A Regimen to Keep the High Court Healthy | with Kevin R. Loughlin, M.D., Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, Volume: 151 Issue: 168, August 26, 2005 |
| The Health of the Supreme Court: To Prevent Crisis, We Need Policy to Deal with Ill Justices | with Kevin R. Laughlin, MD, Chicago Tribune, July 3, 2005, 2:1. |
| Confidentiality and Consent | in PIPATL et al, Amicus Brief to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Citizens for Health v. Thompson, September 1, 2004 |
| Privacy and Cyber/Spaces: Medical and Other Cases | Harvard University, January 2004 |
| Maintaining Informed Consent for Doctor-Patient Confidentiality: More Serious Failings in the HHS Medical Records Regulations | Journal of Biolaw and Business, Vol. 6, No. 2, Spring 2003 |
| Rules Let Marketers See Patient Data, Campaign afoot to give patients right to block release of files | by Diane Lewis, Boston Globe, April 19, 2003 |
| Protecting Privacy in the Behavioral Genetics Era | ABA Mental Health Law & Disability Report, September/October 2003 |
| A New Wound to Medical Privacy | Los Angeles Times,, August 23, 2002 |
| No Privacy for All? Serious Failings in the HHS Medical Records Regulations | Journal of Biolaw and Business, Vol. 5, No. 2, 2002. |
| Ban Genetic Discrimination | with Dr. Harold Bursztaj, Boston Globe, August 7, 2000 |
| Accountability without health care databanks | with Harold Bursztajn, Health Affairs, 1998:17(6):252-253 |
Interviews, Presentations, and Appearances
Secure Flight: "CPP Adviser to Appear on NBC Chicago Segment on 'Secure Flight'", NBC Chicago, August 11, 2009
Secure Flight: "Secure Flight", Progressive Radio Network, June 12, 2009
Medical Privacy: "Greater Boston with Emily Rooney", WGBH, November 14, 2002
Medical Privacy: "Talk of the Nation" with Neal Conan, August 12, 2002
Medical Privacy: "Odyssey" with Gretchen Helfrich, WBEZ Chicago, September 19, 2000
Privacy Issues: "Odyssey" with Gretchen Helfrich, WBEZ Chicago, May 1, 2000
The Bill of Rights: WOMR Radio, December 18, 1996
