SCOTUS Grants Qualified Immunity to San Francisco Cops Who Shot Mentally Ill Suspect
4th Amendment challenge rejected in San Francisco v. Sheehan.
Fourth Amendment
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
NSA Domestic Spying: There is No Technological Replacement for Liberty
National Academy of Sciences report finds "no software-based technique can fully replace the bulk collection of signals intelligence."
How a Bipartisan Majority in Congress Shredded the Constitution, Again.
Hidden in the Cromnibus was a clause allowing the NSA to gather your private data and share it with law enforcement and foreign governments.
USA FREEDOM and Rand Paul
Civil libertarians are disappointed by the Kentucky senator's vote against debate on NSA reform legislation.
Can FBI Cut Internet, Pose as Repairmen to Enter Your House?
Don't cops have better things to do?!
Postal Service Mail-Tracking: Three Big Questions
Inspector general's report finds that postal workers screw up even creepy surveillance.
