Sandra Bland's Arrest and the Expectation of Meek Subservience
Trooper Brian Encinia's actions may have been legal, but that does not make them right.
Fourth Amendment
Why Was Sandra Bland Arrested?
According to the Supreme Court, cops can order legally stopped motorists out of their cars at will.
Speech Crimes in Wisconsin
How a campaign finance investigation became a war on conservative activists
Encryption is Vital to Protecting Internet Security: New Report Opposes Government Mandated "Backdoors"
Governments Should All "Go Dark" When It Comes to Spying on Their Citizens
Don't Be Terrorized By Your Government This Fourth of July
Stay calm, carry on, and above all, defend the Constitution.
Lying Surveillance State Bootlickers Tell More Lies in Order to Spy on Americans
They want to repeal requirements for warrants and prohibitions on weakening Internet security
SCOTUS Overturns L.A. Law Allowing Police to Conduct Warrantless Searches of Hotel Guest Registries
SCOTUS issues 5-4 decision in Los Angeles v. Patel
Edward Snowden's 2nd Anniversary: Shutting Down Domestic Surveillance
Plenty more work to do toward reclaiming our lost liberties and protecting our privacy
Apple CEO Tim Cook Pushes Back on Government Efforts to Stymie Private Encryption
Weakening encryption "has a chilling effect on our First Amendment rights and undermines our country's founding principles."
Make the Feds Get a Warrant to Listen to Our Phone Calls
If section 215 of the Patriot Act expires next week, the feds will need individualized search warrants to spy on us.
GOP Hawks: Rand Paul is a 'misguided ideologue' and 'liberal Democrat'
National security conservatives go ballistic over Paul's Patriot Act obstruction
The Border Patrol's Unconstitutional Drug Dragnet
How immigration checkpoint stops lead to illegal detention and searches
New York Times Endorses Rand Paul's "Takedown of the Patriot Act"
Another sign of the end times or a renewal of constitutional governance?
A Young Woman's Shocking Encounter With Drug Warriors Disguised As Immigration Agents
How the Supreme Court allows drug dragnets while calling them unconstitutional
ACLU and Tea Party Patriots Try to Mobilize Majority Support for Surveillance Reform
A new survey shows four-fifths of Americans are troubled by the lack of protection for their personal records.
SCOTUS Grants Qualified Immunity to San Francisco Cops Who Shot Mentally Ill Suspect
4th Amendment challenge rejected in San Francisco v. Sheehan.
Tased Motorist to CBP Agent: 'What the Fuck Is Wrong With You?'
Would-be CBP agent gets the full CBP treatment at an internal checkpoint.
Rand Paul Versus Ted Cruz on the Fourth Amendment
Paul's is the only voice among those running for president who is faithful to the Constitution.
Warrantless Snooping Goes Far Beyond the NSA's Phone-Record Dragnet
Two cases highlight the precariousness of privacy when your records are not yours.
Federal Judge Rejects Warrantless Search of Laptop Seized at Airport
Doesn't a traveler's computer deserve as much protection as an arrestee's cellphone?
Could Congressional Gridlock Save Us from the PATRIOT Act?
Fearmongering may not get security state members of Congress what they want.
Why Is That Cop's Finger in Your Butt?
The war on drugs now features roadside sexual assaults.
The War on Drugs Encourages Roadside Sexual Assaults by Cops
Why did Texas troopers think probing the anuses and vaginas of motorists was reasonable?
'Restore the Fourth': Repeal the Patriot Act and End NSA Bulk Data Collection
The natural right protected by the Fourth Amendment is the right to be left alone.
How the 11th Circuit's 'Wooden Application of the Third-Party Doctrine' Threatens Privacy
The court's cellphone decision implies that remotely stored information has no Fourth Amendment protection.
CORRECTION: Ancestry.com Hands Over Client DNA Test Results to Cops Witho?u?t? a Warrant*
A pretty good way to discourage people from using gene testing services
Legislators Rebuke Officials Who Complain About Encryption
"Just follow the damn Constitution," Ted Lieu suggests.
Lawsuit Over Insanely Excessive Connecticut Drug Raid Can Proceed
The Supreme Court declines to hear an appeal by cops who claim they can't be held responsible.
Why the New Limits on Drug-Sniffing Dogs Matter
The Supreme Court imposes a practical constraint on cops' ability to search cars at will.
Federal Judge Attacks Pro-Police 'Orthodoxy' in 4th Amendment Case
Judge Janice Rogers Brown makes the case for reviving 4th Amendment protections.
Supreme Court Says Police Violated 4th Amendment When Use of Drug-Sniffing Dog Prolonged Routine Traffic Stop
Law enforcement loses 6-3 in Rodriguez v. United States.
How Police Drones and License-Plate Readers Threaten Liberty
Law enforcement expands the surveillance state in Virginia.
South Carolina Cop Charged With Murder After Video Shows Him Shooting Motorist in the Back
The patrolman claimed he "felt threatened" when the man grabbed his Taser.
Supreme Court Vacates State Court Ruling Which Allowed Lifetime GPS Monitoring of Sex Offender Via Ankle Bracelet
New arguments ordered in Fourth Amendment case.
Challenge to California Prostitution Law Banned by Crowdfunding Site GoFundMe
The situation is common for projects even tangentially connected to sex work or adult entertainment. Guess who's to blame?
Unchecked Checkpoints
A federal appeals court gives a pass to unconstitutional harassment by border cops.
Snowden Is Talking About Coming Back to U.S., Says Russian Lawyer
President Obama: You can still do the right thing.
Libertarian Lawyer Offers 'This One Trick' for Dealing with DUI Checkpoints
Police aren't happy about it.
Warrants for Emails and Cell Phone Locations: Online Communications and Geolocation Protection Act
Bill protects privacy from unconstitutional search and seizure.
Sotomayor to Justice Department Lawyer: 'We Can't Keep Bending the Fourth Amendment to the Resources of Law Enforcement'
Sonia Sotomayor stands up for the Fourth Amendment in drug-sniffing dog case.
In the Era of High-Tech Law Enforcement, Who Will Keep Our Privacy Safe?
More than 50 American law enforcement agencies possess a new handheld radar device that can spy through walls.
Today at SCOTUS: Traffic Stops, Drug-Sniffing Dogs, and Unreasonable Searches and Seizures
When does the use of a drug-sniffing dog transform a lawful traffic stop into an illegal seizure?
Obama Promises to Strengthen Privacy in State of the Union Speech - Rand Paul Would End Domestic Spying
And it's way past time that lying domestic spying agency chiefs should be punished.
Police Use Radar Device To See Inside Your House
The latest example of battlefield technology finding its way home to civilian policing
