Fourth Amendment
SCOTUS Considers Whether Drug Dogs on the Doorstep Are Trespassers
Is probable cause required to bring them onto private property?
Court Arguments Reveal How Wiretapping Works Under FISA
"Extraordinarily wide-reaching power," says Justice Kennedy
Judge Rules Fourth Amendment Doesn't Prevent Police From Installing Surveillance Cameras on Private Property
2+2 equals whatever the hell they want it to
SCOTUS Considers When Dogs Can Authorize Searches
Tomorrow the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear two Florida cases that cast doubt on the routine use of drug-sniffing dogs to generate probable cause for searches.
Federal Government Normalizes Pervasive Surveillance
And if you don't like it, they already know
Supreme Court Seems Inclined To Let Wiretapping Suit Proceed
Very skeptical of government arguments
Supreme Court Hears Wiretapping Arguments
What is this "Fourth Amendment" of which you speak?
Supreme Court To Hear Warrantless Wiretapping Case
Will decide whether Americans are even allowed to challenge the practice
Feds Opposed On Efforts to Secretly Obtain Twitter-Users Details
The government doesn't want you to know it wants your info
Rather Than Restrict Warrantless Wiretapping, Obama Just Claims To Have Done So
Called out by Jon Stewart, he fibbed
Little-Known Device Raises Big Fourth Amendment Implications
"Stingray" tracks all the mobile devices on a given network in an area
Texas Pet Breeders Fight Inspection Laws
Regulations allow officials to inspect homes without warrants
Meet the Guys Calling Out Police's Super-Sniffing Skills
Science leading to skepticism over officers' ability to smell pot whenever they need an excuse to search
Ability of Cops to Smell Marijuana Challenged
Believe it or not, there is an expert on the matter
Gov. Brown Vetoes Location-Privacy Bill
Measure would have required a warrant to access your whereabouts
ACLU Requests Phone-Tracking Records, Gets So Much More
The surveillance state is everywhere
TSA Drill Instills Fear in Passengers at Phoenix Airport
Cell phone video brought light to a practice the TSA's been following for years
Court Told Feds Should Get Warrants for Cell Phone Records
Oh, that quaint Fourth Amendment
A Third of Americans Worry About Police Getting Drones
Unfortunately, even more Americans are just fine with it
Huge Increase in US Warrantless Electronic Surveillance
New documents released after months of litigation
Supreme Court to Take on Forced Blood Tests For Suspected DUIs
Will determine if warrants are required first
Circuit Court Critical of California DNA-Gathering Law
Allows police to demand samples of anybody arrested for a felony
Public Officials Become Protective of Privacy When Under Scrutiny
Even the biggest snoops don't like it when you turn the tables on them
ACLU Challenges Wiretapping Law
Having kept its targets secret, the feds claim the plaintiffs lack standing to challenge the law
Court: L.A. Can't Destroy Homeless People's Property
The city appealed a previous ruling. The destruction of the property was found to violate Fourth Amendment rights
No Warrants Needed
Administrative subpoenas increasingly let authorities end-run constitutional protections
Twitter Appeals Order To Reveal User Info
Told to surrender details about an Occupy protester
Wiretapping Law May Have Been a Response to Deregulation
Intelligence court likely ruled that loosened broadband market was beyond the reach of existing snooping rules
Nervousness Isn't Probable Cause
Massachusetts court says police can't search a vehicle just because a driver shakes like a leaf
NYPD Spying on Muslims Produced No Leads
Profiling turns out not to be the most effective way to build a case
ACLU to Sue FBI for GPS-Tracking Memos
Agency refuses to release documents showing how it is operating following SCOTUS decision.
Judge Throws Out Wiretapping Case
Orange County Muslims have had their case against the FBI and the US government dismissed.
Damage Settlement Repealed in Wiretapping Case
Lawyers of an Islamic charity who claimed that they were wiretapped cannot recover damages according to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
