The Kentucky senator laments that "there's very little of this attorney general, this Department of Justice, doing anything favorable towards criminal justice or towards civil liberties"
The Supreme Court will hear arguments in Carpenter v. U.S. next term.
SCOTUS rejects "provocation doctrine," says illegal police search must be viewed separately from subsequent police use of force.
Since possessing a firearm in public may be perfectly legal, more is required for a police stop.
How many Fourth Amendment protections do we forfeit when we use a cell phone?
The Supreme Court is asked to give the third-party doctrine a second look.
No more gathering communications from Americans that were 'about' a foreign target.
Cops who stop motorists to give them stuff are abusing their power.
Listen to our panel at this year's festival in Austin, Texas.
Think you have a right to your own property and information at the airport? Not one that law enforcement recognizes.
Surveillance, data collection and biometrics all topic of debate.
Wilmington (N.C.) police imagined a 'new law' prohibiting recording police in public during a traffic stop.
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) unleashed demons that now seem beyond the government's control.
The DOJ won't reveal the source code for the software it used to identify Playpen visitors.
White House does not want federal surveillance authorities reformed.
Court decisions have decimated Fourth Amendment protections for people on the edges of the country.
The SCOTUS nominee is not afraid to challenge the government when it exceeds the law.
To make things more convenient for the government, the Obama administration makes it easier for agencies to spy on citizens.
They take $5 billion and give back $100 million to crime victims. These numbers don't add up.
Sonia Sotomayor is no libertarian. But she has turned out to be a good friend to the Fourth Amendment.
Are they 'fixing' the department or just rebuilding it from scratch?
Justice Dept. threatens intervention to stop unconstituional 'investigative holds.'
From Bible verses to "Christmas citations," cops continue to use misuse their authority when they act as "kindness squads."
The decision is a welcome departure from a tendency to sacrifice privacy on the altar of a drug-free society.
The examination of Huma Abedin's emails was legally justified, but it could have been faster and quieter.
Citizens forced to comply with unconstitutional stops get gift cards.
The state is also disbanding the interdiction team responsible for the traffic stop.
If Trump makes good on his many threats to curtail liberty, there will be resistance.
What did the Union of Concerned Scientists know and when did it know it?
Amid debate over encryption access, feds try to just sneak right through.
But what about Fourth Amendment cases?
People's homes and businesses threatened unless they sign away rights.
The officer thought Amanda Houghton's unsteadiness was suspicious enough to justify handcuffs and a chest pat-down.
2015 militarized raid resulted in "fifth-degree drug possession." That's the lowest drug charge possible.
SCOTUS will hear oral arguments this week in Manuel v. City of Joliet.
FBI numbers refute his portrait of a nation besieged by violent thugs.
It's a good idea and the right thing to do.
The company insists forcing it to be liable for its hosts' misbehavior violates the Communications Decency Act, and forcing it to collect and deliver information on hosts to city violates Stored Communications Act.
The Justice Dept. doesn't think we need to know when they're looking at info about us.
Does the Fourth Amendment protect against unreasonable searches before the fact?
Reasonable suspicion of marijuana smuggling requires more than living in a state that allows medical or recreational use.
The liberal jurist was born on this day in 1938.
Justice Dept. report on Baltimore Police shows little respect for the Fourth Amendment.
Keep your ice cream, and I'll keep my freedom.
After a dog supposedly alerted to her at a border crossing, she endured six hours of fruitless body cavity searches.
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