Will ICE Use the Alien Enemies Act To Enter Homes Without Warrants?
Already this year, the agency has allegedly conducted a warrantless raid in Newark and several warrantless arrests in the Midwest.
Already this year, the agency has allegedly conducted a warrantless raid in Newark and several warrantless arrests in the Midwest.
Linda Martin's lawsuit alleges that the agency violated her right to due process when it took her $40,200 and sent her a notice failing to articulate the reason.
Whether or not a reasonable police officer violates clearly established law when he declines to check the features and address of his target house before raiding it is thus still up for debate.
"Founding-era common law gave officers no authority to make an 'arrest without a warrant, for a mere misdemeanor not committed in [their] presence.'"
The newly confirmed head of the country's leading law enforcement agency has a history of advocating politically motivated investigations even while condemning them.
A driver who was acquitted of drunk driving joins a class action lawsuit provoked by a bribery scheme that went undetected for decades.
Video of the incident shows Micah Washington screaming as a Reform, Alabama, police officer deploys a Taser directly into his back.
The Justice Department temporarily suspended the program in November because of "significant risks" of constitutional violations.
A police incident report admitted "we had no probable cause" to arrest the man on loitering and prowling charges after he wouldn't give his name to officers.
"Speaking from a balcony isn't a crime," the man's lawyer says. "And just because a cop was offended because of some language doesn't give him the power to arrest you."
Trump’s pick for federal drug enforcement was ousted for not respecting personal freedom. Too bad that that’s a job requirement.
A judge says the federal law has no constitutional basis and threatens First and Fourth Amendment rights.
A board employee and a local reporter were arrested on the same bogus charge of divulging nonexistent grand jury secrets.
The ballot initiative says a whiff of weed does not establish probable cause for a search or seizure, which was already doubtful in light of hemp legalization.
A long-delayed conviction illustrates the difficulty of holding cops accountable for abusing their powers.
Former Louisville detective Brett Hankison is one of four officers who faced federal charges after a deadly 2020 drug raid.
Federal agents are allowed to search private property without a warrant under this Prohibition-era Supreme Court precedent.
For more than three decades, the Institute for Justice has shown that economic freedom and private property are essential safeguards for ordinary Americans.
That amounts to a life sentence for Gerald Goines, who instigated the no-knock raid that killed Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas by falsely accusing them of selling heroin.
The Supreme Court will review a 5th Circuit decision that let the officer off the hook without considering the recklessness that turned a routine traffic stop into a deadly encounter.
Similar scandals across the country suggest the problem is widespread.
A federal judge rejected the officers' claims of qualified immunity.
The jury accepted the prosecution's argument that Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas died because of Gerald Goines' fraudulent search warrant affidavit.
But for Gerald Goines' lies on a search warrant affidavit, prosecutors argued, Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas would still be alive.
The outrageous seizure at the center of Rebel Ridge resembles real-life cash grabs.
In body camera footage from Hill's arrest, Miami-Dade officers intimidate bystanders and invoke a law that hasn't gone into effect yet.
But for a disastrous raid, narcotics officer Gerald Goines would have been free to continue framing people he thought were guilty.
Former narcotics officer Gerald Goines faces two murder charges for instigating the home invasion that killed Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas.
Most states collect DNA from felony arrestees pretrial. They should need a warrant to do so.
The ruling notes that Breonna Taylor’s death resulted from the "late-night, surprise manner of entry."
U.S. District Judge Charles Simpson concluded that the alleged facts did not support penalty enhancements for violating the Fourth Amendment but left several other charges in place.
The Eighth Circuit held that plaintiffs had adequately alleged that school resource officers lacked probable cause to arrest them; note that nothing in the court's decision casts doubt on the school's ability to investigate or even briefly detain the students short of arrest.
The government needs a warrant to spy on you. So agencies are paying tech companies to do it instead.
Many circuit courts have said that law enforcement can hold your property for as long as they want. D.C.’s high court decided last week that’s unconstitutional.
Personal data retained by government or private entities are always at risk of compromise, misuse, or access by law enforcement.
"[A] person in possession of a firearm and a facially valid permit for that firearm had a clearly established right to be free from the kind of forcible and prolonged detention to which Soukaneh was subjected, absent any objective reason to suspect that the permit was forged or otherwise invalid."
"Roast[ing]" police officers may not generally be wise, but it is still generally constitutionally protected.
South Carolina's Operation Rolling Thunder targets cash and contraband but harasses guilty and innocent travelers alike.
Thus far, the courts have barred Curtrina Martin from asking a jury for damages. She is appealing to the Supreme Court.
An uneven playing field allows the aggressive tactics and legal loopholes that turn traffic stops into cash grabs.
Routine searches of commercial buses violate privacy, target low-income passengers, and result in widespread violations.
No arrest necessary as South Carolina police hunt for cash
A 21-month legal battle unveils the dark side of South Carolina's annual traffic crackdown.
Customs and Border Protection insists that it can search electronics without a warrant. A federal judge just said it can't.
An Illinois sheriff's deputy with a spotty employment history shot Sonya Massey in the face after responding to her report of a prowler.
Recent footage shows a federal agent attempting to search a citizen’s bag without their consent, despite precedent saying that’s illegal.
While the decision is great news for Tennesseans, it's only the first step in reclaiming Americans' property rights against the open fields doctrine.
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