Fourth Amendment case: Supreme Court sides with man who …
May 17, 2021 · Washington CNN — The Supreme Court on Monday wiped away a lower court decision that held that law enforcement could enter a Rhode Island man’s home and seize his firearms without a warrant after...
Kentucky man says police violated Fourth Amendment by …
Apr 19, 2024 · The Fourth Amendment generally bars police from searching people or their property without a warrant. The Supreme Court has made an exception for searches made during an arrest.
Fourth Amendment: Latest News, Top Stories & Analysis - POLITICO
Federal appeals court upholds DNA 'test on arrest'. By JOSH GERSTEIN. 02/23/2012 06:35 PM EST. Latest news, headlines, analysis, photos and videos on Fourth Amendment.
In unanimous Fourth Amendment ruling, a reminder that there …
May 17, 2021 · On Monday, the Supreme Court released its opinion in Caniglia v. Strom, which unanimously held that a lower court’s extension of Cady v. Dombrowski ’s “community caretaking” exception into the home defied the logic and holding of Cady, as well as violated the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement. With the court’s unanimity in ...
New Legislation Would Close a Fourth Amendment Loophole
Jul 6, 2023 · New bipartisan legislation introduced in Congress by Reps. Warren Davidson (R-OH) and Sara Jacobs (D-CA) would put an end to this practice, strengthening privacy protections for Americans.
Police Use of Geofence Warrants Splits Courts Over 4th Amendment
Nov 6, 2024 · Opt-in consent not “meaningful” enough under 4th amendment. Fourth Circuit rehearing could resolve current circuit split. The Fourth Circuit’s decision to re-hear en banc a privacy dispute over whether Virginia police’s use of phone location data violated Fourth Amendment protections could shape a constitutional question for the US ...
Fourth Amendment Is Not for Sale Act Goes Back to Congress - WIRED
Jul 18, 2023 · A bill to prevent cops and spies from buying Americans' data instead of getting a warrant has a fighting chance in the US Congress as lawmakers team up against surveillance overreach.
Geofence Warrant Decision Exposes Hole in Fourth Amendment …
Jul 12, 2024 · The Fourth Circuit ruled en banc in 2021 that a warrantless aerial surveillance program in Baltimore violated the Fourth Amendment, reversing a panel decision. Tokson said an en banc rehearing could also explore an idea in Circuit Judge James Andrew Wynn’s Chatrie dissent, which called for a more rigorous standard for searches based on ...
Kagan and Thomas clash in 4th Amendment case - Law & Crime
Jun 20, 2024 · The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday strengthened and clarified the protections of the Fourth Amendment in a case about a jeweler who says he was maliciously prosecuted by police in small-town Ohio.
FBI Overstepped in Search of Hundreds of Safe Deposit Boxes, …
Jan 24, 2024 · The FBI overstepped its constitutional authority when agents searched hundreds of safe deposit boxes without warrants in 2021, a federal appeals court ruled. The court compared the FBI’s tactics to...