A Texas Reporter Busted for Asking Questions Asks SCOTUS To Reject the Criminalization of Journalism
Priscilla Villarreal is appealing a 5th Circuit decision that dismissed her First Amendment lawsuit against Laredo police and prosecutors.
Priscilla Villarreal is appealing a 5th Circuit decision that dismissed her First Amendment lawsuit against Laredo police and prosecutors.
The 9th Circuit determined that forcibly mashing a suspect's thumb into his phone to unlock it was akin to fingerprinting him at the police station.
Gerald Goines' lawyers argued that the indictment did not adequately specify the underlying felony of tampering with a government document.
A lawsuit from the Institute for Justice claims the law violates the Louisiana Constitution.
Even though police found no signs of drugs or other contraband, Holly Elish was strip-searched by Pennsylvania police officers.
Deputy Jesse Hernandez, whose bullets miraculously missed the handcuffed suspect in the car, resigned during an investigation that found he "violated policy."
An analysis of appeals involving the doctrine finds that less than a quarter "fit the popular conception of police accused of excessive force."
A federal judge allowed a lawsuit against the officers to proceed, finding evidence of several constitutional violations.
Tyler Harrington has filed a lawsuit after four police officers burst into his home in the middle of the night.
The verdict vindicates the constitutional rights that Louisiana sheriff's deputies flagrantly violated when they hauled Waylon Bailey off to jail.
The appeals court dismissed a civil rights lawsuit by a Laredo gadfly who was arrested for asking questions.
Since leaving Houston, Art Acevedo has bounced from job to job, continuing a spotty career marred by scandal.
Cases like this are exactly why the Fourth Amendment was adopted in the first place, wrote federal Judge Milan D. Smith Jr.
Juries convicted two paramedics and one police officer of criminally negligent homicide but acquitted two other cops.
Police officers already are routinely indemnified, and suing them for abuse is much harder than Trump claims.
A report from New Jersey's comptroller criticizes Street Cop Training for encouraging illegal traffic stops.
Years before a federal case shined a light on the problem, Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey should have known something was amiss.
Elisabeth Rehn was about to take a bath when police officers kicked down her door, flooded into her apartment, and pointed their guns at her.
"I asked them to show me a warrant; they didn't show me nothing," a grandmother said.
Court says the warrant was “constitutionally defective” but grants police a “good faith” exception.
The Michigan Supreme Court will hear opening arguments today in a case that could decide whether the practice is allowed.
In light of the state's marijuana reforms, the court says, the odor of weed is not enough to establish probable cause.
The late California senator always seemed to err on the side of more government power and less individual freedom.
The Nixon administration did everything it could to curb antiwar activism. Then the courts said it had gone too far.
A federal judge compared Waylon Bailey’s Facebook jest to "falsely shouting fire in a theatre."
The appeals court ruled that a Facebook post alluding to World War Z was clearly protected by the First Amendment.
The former Minneapolis officer's 57-month sentence is based largely on the premise that he was "in the best position" to save Floyd.
The ruling draws back the veil on routine police practices that victimize innocent drivers.
The 11th Circuit rejected Sosa's constitutional claims, and he is asking the Supreme Court to intervene.
But poor record keeping hides the real number.
Snooping through emails, video, and photos isn’t the same as stumbling on containers full of cocaine.
All they found was some cool cars and clothes.
The lawsuit looks iffy in light of the Supreme Court's "open fields" doctrine.
The state court of appeals held previously that unconstitutionally collected evidence could still be used for civil enforcement.
Police have a long history of using the real or imagined smell of marijuana to justify outrageous invasions.
The Brookside Police Department’s shakedown of travelers became a national news story and prompted federal lawsuits.
Conservatives who support the bill recognize the conflict between unannounced home invasions and the Second Amendment.
Myles Cosgrove never faced criminal charges in connection with Taylor's death, but he was fired for his reckless use of deadly force.
Supervisors and judges tolerated outrageous constitutional violations, including illegal searches and brutal assaults.
We may have finally discovered a limit to judicial immunity.
"Active bystandership" training aims to overcome the pressures that discourage police officers from intervening when their colleagues use excessive force.
If Trump's handling of government secrets was "totally irresponsible," how should we describe Biden's conduct?
The appeals court says Donald Trump's status as a former president does not entitle him to special treatment.
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.
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.
The 6th Circuit ruled that qualified immunity prevented Anthony Novak from vindicating his First Amendment rights.
The potential crimes that the FBI is investigating do not hinge on the current classification status of the records that the former president kept at Mar-a-Lago.