Nero the police dog put his paws on the side of the car, which qualifies as a trespass, and thereby also a "search" under the Fourth Amendment.
Supervisors and judges tolerated outrageous constitutional violations, including illegal searches and brutal assaults.
Conservatives have been slow to recognize the threat that drug prohibition poses to gun rights and other civil liberties.
"I hurt every day," said the victim's mother. "I cry all day, every day."
Plus: More lawmakers move to decriminalize psychedelic plants, Tennessee's "adult cabaret" law, and more...
"The Officers' actions were unreasonable, deliberately indifferent, reckless, willful, wanton, and shocking to the conscience," a new legal complaint states.
Historian Jeff Guinn's account focuses on the ATF's oft-overlooked fiasco in the 1993 affair rather than the FBI's widely reported involvement.
Government agencies have paid to access huge amounts of Americans' data.
Tiffany Lindsay says officers never contacted her to let her know they shot her dog. Instead, a neighbor found it in their trash can.
According to the suit, the officer "acted with malice or in reckless disregard of Jane Doe's federally protected rights."
Police went silent on city officials following the botched raid that caused $5,000 in damages.
According to a lawsuit, Amir Worship was sitting on the edge of his bed with his hands raised when an officer shot him, shattering his kneecap.
"Active bystandership" training aims to overcome the pressures that discourage police officers from intervening when their colleagues use excessive force.
Part of a law that authorizes warrantless snooping is about to expire, opening up a opportunity to better protect our privacy rights.
Zion’s attempts to push out unwanted renters collides with Fourth Amendment protections.
The liberal justice seems ready to fight legal conservatives on their own ground.
An appeals court rejected a qualified immunity defense.
The appeals court says Donald Trump's status as a former president does not entitle him to special treatment.
How a Prohibition-era legal precedent allows warrantless surveillance on private property.
This surveillance would be unconstitutional—and there’s no reason to believe it will make anyone safer.
Until next year's, because capitalism is always making things better.
The two sheriff's deputies have been disciplined, and the sheriff called the arrest "unacceptable."
The two fake news organizations want the Supreme Court to review the case of a man who was arrested for making fun of the police.
The Institute for Justice argues evidence from warrantless searches can’t be used for zoning enforcement.
Judge Gary Klausner admits that the FBI probably hid their true motives in rifling through the contents of hundreds of safe deposit boxes, but says that's fine.
Plus: Gov. Ron DeSantis gets accused of fair-weather fiscal responsibility, warrantless drone searches might be illegal, and Lizzo's flute playing sparks a fake controversy.
The 6th Circuit ruled that qualified immunity prevented Anthony Novak from vindicating his First Amendment rights.
and that Officer Ord fired his weapon at the same time as he shouted, 'Hands up!'"
That failure adds to the evidence that Trump or his representatives obstructed the FBI's investigation.
There are still lingering questions about the former president's criminal liability and the threat posed by the documents he kept.
An Ohio judge ruled on Monday that Cleveland State University's use of "room scans," a popular method for preventing cheating during online exams, violates the Fourth Amendment.
We still know almost nothing about their contents, which is relevant in assessing the decision to search Mar-a-Lago.
The video shows three officers kicking, punching, and slamming the man's head into the pavement. State police are now investigating.
New court documents show that the FBI planned for months to seize and forfeit property found inside safe deposit boxes in an L.A. raid under the pretext of doing an inventory.
Although U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart is inclined to unseal the document, redactions demanded by the Justice Department could make it hard to understand.
Reinforcing the FBI's suspicions was the whole point of that document, which is likely to remain sealed.
Whatever threat it may have posed, the trove of government documents seized by the FBI does not reflect well on the former president's judgment.
The former president thought his 2016 opponent should go to prison for recklessly endangering national security.
As the response to the Mar-a-Lago raid illustrates, Republicans are inconsistent in the other direction.
Lethal drug raids in Louisville and Houston were based on fishy police affidavits that turned out to be fraudulent.
The lawsuit says police in Rosenberg, Texas, have a history of excessive force and unlawful searches, especially against those with medical vulnerabilities.
So far no one has been held criminally liable for the disastrous drug raid, which was based on a flimsy and falsified search warrant affidavit.
The Harris County, Texas, District Attorney's Office oversees civil forfeitures that make a mockery of justice.
On average, the minimum requirement for cops is about 650 hours, compared to about 1,300 hours for barbers.
Federal prosecutors want to keep key details about the planning and execution of the March 2021 raid at U.S. Private Vaults out of the public's sight.
The case shows how lax supervisors, incurious prosecutors, deferential judges, credulous jurors, and inattentive defense attorneys abet police misconduct.
Plus: The Respect for Marriage Act, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, and more...
The Institute for Justice urges SCOTUS to renounce that open-ended exception to the Fourth Amendment.
Do you care about free minds and free markets? Sign up to get the biggest stories from Reason in your inbox every afternoon.
This modal will close in 10
