I recently saw a video of a man lying quietly on a public park bench during the day. Someone had called the police, claiming someone was sleeping. When the officer arrived, the man was awake, calm, ...

Lower courts are divided on the Fourth Amendment implications of a drug detection dog that jumps into a car on its own and then alerts to illegal drugs. I thought I would offer some thoughts on the ...

A crucial question of Fourth Amendment law has recently divided courts: When government agents conduct a digital scan through a massive database, how much of a "search" occurs? The issue pops up in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Naomi Schalit: Okay, I’m going to read the Fourth Amendment – and then you’re going to explain it to us, please! Here goes: “The ...

Blockchain is frequently conceived of as a tool for confidentiality and privacy, but two federal court of appeals decisions from the latter part of last year highlight how limited that hope often ...

US Supreme Court Examines Emergency Entries Under the Fourth Amendment The court must determine whether the emergency aid exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement necessitates a showing ...

New Legislative Proposal Labeled ‘Insane’ As Experts Warn It Forces Owners to Surrender Fourth Amendment Rights ...

It’s been a few years since the Supreme Court heard a major Fourth Amendment case. That will change next month when the justices hear oral arguments in Chatrie v. United States on the government’s use ...

BOTTOM LINE: Where an administrative law judge found an applicant’s subjective testimony about her fibromyalgia symptoms to be unsupported by medical and other evidence, it erred. ALJs may not rely on ...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is facing scrutiny over its assertion that federal officers can forcibly enter a home without a judicial warrant – a move constitutional scholars, immigration ...