Ninth Circuit Rules Government Agents Need Reasonable Suspicion to Search Laptops, Other Property at Border Checkpoints
No reasonable suspicion previously needed at border
Fourth Amendment
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
Google Publishes Policy For Dealing With Government Data-Snooping
Basically, if you want anonymity, take care of it yourself
Google, Yahoo Have More Respect for the Fourth Amendment Than the Feds
Have a policy not to divulge e-mail contents without a warrant
Activists Want To Know What Access Governments Have to Skype Data
Is the service's owner, Microsoft, cooperating with snoops?
'Accidental' Subjects of Tracking Seek Standing To Challenge Police
Cops say, "no way," cuz they didn't mean to target you
Woman Sues Over Post-Flight Strip-Search
She was apparently targeted because the two men next to her headed to the bathroom at the same time
SD Court: High Beams Rate a Traffic Stop
Basically, you can get pulled over, just because
Supremes Hear Arguments Against Warrantless Blood Tests
The fact that this argument even has to be made ...
FOIA Request for Surveillance Rulings Garners Completely Redacted Response
You don't need to know how the government is applying laws that affect you, do you?
Text Message Privacy Depends on How It's Sent
Facebook messages have more legal protection than phone texts
