Although the president initially reinforced that plainly inaccurate narrative, his subsequent comments cast doubt on the initial justification for shooting the Minneapolis protester.
Under this understanding of the Fourth Amendment, an attorney at the Institute for Justice says, “there is little left of the rights of Americans to be secure in their houses.”
"The victims are the Border Patrol agents" who killed Alex Pretti, says one DHS official, who previously claimed Pretti wanted to "massacre law enforcement."
Todd Blanche joins other top administration officials in declaring that ICE agent Jonathan Ross was justified in killing Good. Most Americans disagree.
DHS tells officers to use "de-escalation tactics," employ "a verbal warning" instead of force when feasible, and avoid "placing themselves in positions" that trigger the use of deadly force.
“Any American should be terrified by…such an egregious violation of the Fourth Amendment,” said the arrestee’s attorney.
It is hard to see how, since that question hinges on what happened the morning that an ICE agent shot her.
Jonathan Ross positioned himself in front of Good's car and continued firing even after he was no longer in its path.
The crucial question is whether the agent reasonably believed the driver he killed posed a threat, even if she was not actually trying to run him over.
A proposed rule change would allow routine gathering of biometric data without a warrant.
Puzzling over a curious omission from the conservative justice.
Despite their general ignorance of constitutional law, bears pose a much less grave threat to your civil liberties than humans do.
Department of Homeland Security
It's the punch line to a bad joke that started 20 years ago when Congress passed the REAL ID Act.
Presidents, legislators, and police officers were desperate to blame anyone but themselves.
The right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure had a rocky 2025.
Remembering an important voice from the founding era.
Larry Bushart's lawyers argue that his arrest for constitutionally protected speech violated the First and Fourth amendments.
The proposed bills aim to revive and codify a 1971 Supreme Court ruling that allowed individuals to sue the feds for Fourth Amendment violations.
This is Priscilla Villarreal’s second trip to the Supreme Court, which last year revived her First Amendment lawsuit.
A federal lawsuit argues that the agency's policy of perusing travelers' personal data without a warrant or probable cause violates the Fourth Amendment.
A year ago the Justice Department suspended the DEA's airport interdiction program because of significant legal risks. The DHS is still using the same tactics.
ICE and Border Patrol are using license plate cameras for extensive domestic surveillance.
An extensive network of automatic license plate readers is being used to develop predictive intelligence to stop vehicles, violating Americans’ rights.
The president's authoritarian response to a video posted by six members of Congress, who he says "should be arrested and put on trial," validates their concerns.
The ruling comes as federal immigration agents leave Chicago for operations in Charlotte, North Carolina, and New Orleans.
A magistrate judge says the government’s missteps may warrant dismissal of the charges against the former FBI director.
The Animal Legal Defense Fund says it's one of the largest settlements for the police killing of a dog.
The actions would violate a federal order imposed by U.S. District Court Judge Sara L. Ellis to limit the use of nonlethal weapons and other crowd control tactics.
Sam O'Hara went viral for playing "The Imperial March" behind groups of National Guard soldiers in D.C. He also says it led to him being illegally detained.
Without strict oversight, the agency’s new technology threatens Americans’ free speech and privacy.
I interviewed Orin on this program earlier this month; seems quite popular, 108K views so far.
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments this week about the "emergency aid exception" to the Fourth Amendment.
Even well-intentioned “community caretaking” can’t justify ignoring the Fourth Amendment.
A new FinCEN rule forced small money services businesses to collect personal data on nearly every customer transaction. Lawsuits claim this violates the Fourth Amendment.
In a new Supreme Court term packed with big cases, these disputes stand out.
“I got arrested twice for being a Latino working in construction,” says Leo Garcia Venegas, the lead plaintiff in a new lawsuit filed by the Institute for Justice challenging warrantless ICE raids on construction sites.
By expanding federal agents' authority to collect the DNA of immigrant detainees, the government has risked violating Americans’ rights.
Although the officers were eventually criminally convicted, Jarius Brown is still pursuing damages to cover the medical expenses for serious injuries to his face, nose, and chest.
The justice’s stance on immigration enforcement is undermined by the facts of the case before him.
There is no majority opinion, so the reasoning is unclear. But Justice Kavanaugh's concurring opinion undercuts principle that government must abjure racial discrimination.
A federal judge cleared the way for Jennifer Heath Box's lawsuit against the cops who misidentified her as a fugitive, despite a "mountain of evidence" that they had the wrong woman.
The war on drugs authorizes police conduct that otherwise would be readily recognized as criminal.
SCOTUS will soon decide.
Checkpoints for general crime control are illegal and smack of a police state.
The technology enables routine surveillance that would have troubled the Fourth Amendment’s framers.
The federal government has embraced unconstitutional tactics and now wants SCOTUS to do the same.
A federal court says U.S. citizens “are likely to succeed in showing” that immigration agents violated their rights.
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