DART police officer Stephanie Branch illegally arrested Avi Adelman after he defied her unlawful orders to stop photographing paramedics treating an overdose.
Freedom could never be imposed at the point of a gun, but perhaps it could be sown by the spread of silicon and fiber. Or so I thought.
The cop claimed to detect "a strong smell of fresh marijuana coming from within the house," but police did not find any.
The 10th Circuit says Adlynn and Robert Harte should be allowed to pursue three federal claims against comically inept Kansas sheriff's deputies.
The Supreme Court should not let police stop cars solely because they’re registered to people with suspended licenses.
The encryption limits that the Justice Department demands in the name of security would make all of us less secure.
A 2017 Reason investigation found that black residents in Madison County felt under siege in their own neighborhoods.
Qualified immunity protects cops from liability for actions that would land ordinary people in jail.
America's most famous whistleblower calls for restricting the power of government.
A court ruled that officers did not have enough information to know whether or not stealing violates the Constitution.
Officer Stephanie Branch arrested Avi Adelman for criminal trespass even though he was not doing anything illegal.
The lawsuit claims two cops yanked a woman's door open, then shot her two dogs when they ran outside.
Official responses to these extremely rare crimes are grossly disproportionate in light of the risk they actually pose.
What’s at stake in Kansas v. Glover.
The program would try to develop a surveillance system based on predictive tests that don't exist.
Feds go fishing for private data in order to track down illegal exporters.
Although the warrant was based on a heroin purchase that never happened, Art Acevedo says, there was other, unmentioned evidence that would have justified a search.
The Houston Police Officers' Union is no longer covering the legal fees of Gerald Goines, who faces two murder charges.
While the narcotics officers charged with murder and evidence tampering were bad eggs, Art Acevedo says, their colleagues acted "in good faith."
Gerald Goines justified the raid, which killed a middle-aged couple, based on a heroin purchase that apparently never happened.
The Bureau of Land Management threatens to impose new restrictions on the famous desert festival.
It’s time for SCOTUS to revisit the "border search exception" to the Fourth Amendment.
Quiet fishing expeditions are being used to sort through potential suspects.
The search raised Fourth Amendment concerns.
When the cops just want to reward you for "good driving behavior" by giving you a drink coupon, according to a Phoenix TV station.
Evidence from the scene of the disastrous raid seems to contradict the official account.
As Chicago launches an internal probe of search warrants, new data shows where police are kicking in doors.
The late Supreme Court justice was an inconsistent defender of civil liberties.
SCOTUS says it is constitutional for police to draw blood from unconscious drunk driving suspects.
Ron Wyden and Rand Paul team up to stop Border Patrol from snooping in your stuff without good reason.
The Bureau of Land Management sees no Fourth Amendment concerns with searching American citizens for reasons to arrest them without probable cause when it comes to their event permits.
State databases that track the medications we take invade our privacy without reducing opioid-related deaths.
We can still say no to mass surveillance.
An ACLU brief bolsters the state's case, arguing that people reasonably expect information about the medications they take will be kept confidential.
The most absurd attack against the Michigan congressman involves ignoring his entire history in office.
Or are Americans simply wising up to the dangers posed by cops having their "face prints" on file?
Preventing a slow march toward automated authoritarianism?
The physical evidence at the scene seems inconsistent with the story told by the officers who conducted the no-knock drug raid.
The settlement is the latest in a string of costly settlements resulting from violent drug raids by Detroit police that left family pets dead.
Other state and cities should consider doing the same thing
What’s worse for the left, a conservative originalist or a conservative living constitutionalist?
The Metropolitan Police Department was in the middle of a legal battle with the family when the warrantless search was conducted.
And it's a violation of the Fourth Amendment.
Can the government demand a warrantless search with no probable cause of ticket holders as a condition of issuing an event permit?
Pervasive real-time police surveillance is not just theoretical anymore.
Sex, publishing, and quasi-legal theft collide in the Backpage prosecution.
The ACLU argues that the 40-minute detention violated the Fourth and 14th amendments.
Paul cited Barr's past support for warrantless surveillance. He's right to be worried.
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