After a magistrate judge said a DHS investigator had failed to establish probable cause, the government decided it did not need the YouTube and iPhone records after all.
The president's last-minute endorsement of Paxton was driven by his petty grievances against incumbent Sen. John Cornyn, who was clearly the safer bet to retain the seat.
Perry County Sheriff Nick Weems preposterously claimed that Larry Bushart had threatened "mass violence" at a school.
That defense applies only when an officer "reasonably" believed he was acting within his federal authority.
Most federal appeals courts have recognized the right to record police. DHS employees nevertheless seem to view it as a crime.
"Geofence" searches illustrate the perilous combination of modern technology and deference to law enforcement.
The governor is threatening to defund the police because of an ordinance noting that an ICE administrative warrant "does not justify a stop, arrest, or continued detention" by city officers.
The city has created a network of nearly 500 cameras that routinely monitor innocent people as they go about their daily lives.
Two petitions ask the Supreme Court to uphold the remedy required by the Fifth Amendment.
The jurors concluded that the officers violated the Fourth and 14th amendments when they seized a 14-year-old without evidence that she was in danger.
But for a fraudulent and misleading warrant affidavit, Taylor would not have been killed during a fruitless late-night drug raid.
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The Oklahoma senator, nominated to replace Kristi Noem, is blasé about the use of deadly force.
Technological innovations allow the authorities to see who has visited whole geographic areas.
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The homeland security secretary blatantly misrepresented what she said about Alex Pretti on the day he was killed.
A mayor and a police chief "mistook their authority to maintain order for a license to suppress criticism," says U.S. District Judge Stephanie Rose.
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The department's pattern of dishonesty supports a presumption of irregularity.
A pending appropriations bill could increase transparency and accountability by requiring DHS personnel to record encounters with the public.
The department now describes the threat as "several civilians" who were "yelling and blowing whistles."
Federal officials suggested that carrying a firearm is inherently threatening and an invitation to police violence.
As with Renee Good, a calmer response could have avoided the lethal outcome.
Although the president initially reinforced that plainly inaccurate narrative, his subsequent comments cast doubt on the initial justification for shooting the Minneapolis protester.
"The victims are the Border Patrol agents" who killed Alex Pretti, says one DHS official, who previously claimed Pretti wanted to "massacre law enforcement."
Todd Blanche joins other top administration officials in declaring that ICE agent Jonathan Ross was justified in killing Good. Most Americans disagree.
DHS tells officers to use "de-escalation tactics," employ "a verbal warning" instead of force when feasible, and avoid "placing themselves in positions" that trigger the use of deadly force.
It is hard to see how, since that question hinges on what happened the morning that an ICE agent shot her.
Jonathan Ross positioned himself in front of Good's car and continued firing even after he was no longer in its path.
The crucial question is whether the agent reasonably believed the driver he killed posed a threat, even if she was not actually trying to run him over.
Despite their general ignorance of constitutional law, bears pose a much less grave threat to your civil liberties than humans do.
Presidents, legislators, and police officers were desperate to blame anyone but themselves.
Larry Bushart's lawyers argue that his arrest for constitutionally protected speech violated the First and Fourth amendments.
"To hold otherwise would allow police officers to demand identification from anyone near a school while using a smartphone—parents taking first-day-of-school videos, a grandparent trying to pull up directions while in the school drop-off line, or dog walkers holding their phone near their chest."
This is Priscilla Villarreal’s second trip to the Supreme Court, which last year revived her First Amendment lawsuit.
A federal lawsuit argues that the agency's policy of perusing travelers' personal data without a warrant or probable cause violates the Fourth Amendment.
ICE and Border Patrol are using license plate cameras for extensive domestic surveillance.
The president's authoritarian response to a video posted by six members of Congress, who he says "should be arrested and put on trial," validates their concerns.
A federal judge cleared the way for Jennifer Heath Box's lawsuit against the cops who misidentified her as a fugitive, despite a "mountain of evidence" that they had the wrong woman.
The war on drugs authorizes police conduct that otherwise would be readily recognized as criminal.
Brett Hankison was convicted of violating Breonna Taylor’s Fourth Amendment rights during a fatal no-knock police raid.
Alexandra Weaver argued that she could not reasonably have been expected to know her actions were unconstitutional.
Cops should not be free to forgo the modicum of care required to make sure they’re in the right place.
Penny McCarthy is suing the federal agents who insisted she was a fugitive despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
Michael Mendenhall wants the Supreme Court to reconsider a precedent that allows home invasions based on nothing but hearsay.
U.S. District Judge Matthew Garcia rejected the argument that the officers "recklessly created the need to apply deadly force by going to the wrong address."
The decision revives a lawsuit against a Texas officer who shot a driver after endangering himself by jumping onto a moving car.
Detroit lawyer Amir Makled has confidential client data on his phone. That didn’t stop U.S. Customs and Border Protection from trying to search it.
Know how much the law does—and doesn’t—protect your privacy rights.
The newly confirmed head of the country's leading law enforcement agency has a history of advocating politically motivated investigations even while condemning them.
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