States can fight authoritarianism by shoring up privacy laws
As the United States and much of the world turn back to the darkness of authoritarianism that blighted the previous century, ...
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Chicago man asks justices to clarify when officers can search your cellphone at the border
The Petitions of the Week column highlights some of the cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here. Many of us carry our entire lives ...
St. John man files federal suit against town police after criminal charges against him were dismissed
Robert Barr’s criminal charges were ultimately dismissed after his attorney successfully argued that his Fourth Amendment ...
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NYPD says plan to monitor 14th Amendment stop-and-frisk violations is finally 'a priority'
More than a decade after the NYPD went under federal monitoring, it still hadn't come up with the required oversight plan.
Mike Parson’s corrupt commutation of killer shows why people don’t trust police | Opinion
There is no suggestion ex-Kansas City detective Eric DeValkenaere was railroaded after he killed Cameron Lamb. But he has ...
What the New Border Czar Says Isn't Necessarily What Goes | Opinion
Mass deportation plans rely on others' cooperation. And the Constitution provides guidance and protections to meet this ...
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How a 1963 Cleveland Case Shaped Stop-and-Frisk Police Tactics, and Why It Still Matters
This practice has always been controversial, especially in communities of color where the use of field interrogations has ...
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Mount Vernon Police’s Strip Searches Were Unconstitutional, U.S. Says
A report by federal prosecutors found that a Westchester County police department violated the Fourth Amendment “on an ...
General Warrants and ESI
The author writes "It’s been over 250 years since a group of colonists, known as 'the Sons of Liberty,' disguised as Indians ...
Family of Slain ‘Stop Cop City’ Activist Sues in Pursuit of Answers
The parents of an activist fatally shot by the Georgia State Patrol SWAT team in 2023 have filed a lawsuit against three law ...
Court issues ruling on use of familial DNA evidence in 2015 Scottsdale murder
Feldman, 31, was found brutally murdered in her Scottsdale home in February 2015. Even though the case that shook the ...
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Kindle Version of "The Digital Fourth Amendment" Is Now Available
I'm very pleased to say that the Kindle version of my new book, The Digital Fourth Amendment: Privacy and Policing in Our Online World, is now available for sale. The ...