Fourth Amendment
NY Judge: Careful Driving No Cause for Traffic Stop
Obeying the law isn't supposed to be suspicious
The Supreme Court's Latest Drug Dog Ruling Has a Downside
When a man's home is no longer his castle.
When Proactive Policing Becomes Harassment
Why the NYPD's stop-and-frisk program is unconstitutional
Obama's Cloak of Invisibility
How secrecy frustrates challenges to counterterrorism tactics
Administration's Secret Surveillance Legal Guidance Sought
The opinion is secret, too
Cops Can't Continue Traffic Stops Without Cause, Says Utah Court
No endless fishing expeditions
Homeowner Catches Cops on Camera Conducting Illegal Search
Now moving out of Garland, Texas
Ninth Circuit Rules Government Agents Need Reasonable Suspicion to Search Laptops, Other Property at Border Checkpoints
No reasonable suspicion previously needed at border
Judge Alex Kozinski: From Communist Romania to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
One of our most controversial jurists talks about free speech, cell phones, and how bubble gum made him a capitalist.
Administration Moves To Quash Challenge to NSA Surveillance
Seeks to keep snooping warrantless and immune to opposition
Enjoy This Montage of People Refusing to Cooperate with DHS Checkpoints
"Am I being detained? Am I free to go?"
Supreme Court Says Eavesdropping Law Can't Be Challenged
Plaintiffs can't prove harm and thus don't have standing
OH Court OKs Breaking Down House Door Over Traffic Signal
Hot pursuit of a ... misdemeanor?
Congressman Wants Drone Surveillance To Require a Warrant
Probable cause would be required to peek at non-public areas
DHS Civil Rights Office Authorizes Suspicionless Seizure of Electronics Near Border
It approves its own policies, so they must be correct!
Supreme Court to Decide Whether Police Can Take DNA Samples From Detainees
Without a warrant, charge or conviction
Maryland Considers Allowing Cell Phone Tracking Without Warrant
Surveillance state continues to be built
Supreme Court Told DNA Collection Should Require a Warrant
That's sensitive information, folks
WA Town Pays $100K Over Warrantless Home Raid
The guilty officers remain on the payroll
Courts Differ Over Police Stops For Burned-Out Taillights
But they tend to cut cops a lot of slack
The DEA Wants to Access Your Medical Records Without Consent or a Warrant
"The Drug Enforcement Administration is trying to access private prescription records of patients in Oregon without a warrant," says ACLU.
Google Calls for Curbs on Government Data Grabs
Company gets dozens of demands for user info every day
Stop-And-Frisk Under Growing Court Scrutiny
Judges call the NYPD's practices patently illegal
