Earlier this month, the Supreme Court rendered obsolete the 4th Amendment’s prohibition on suspicionless seizures by the police. When the court stayed the district court’s decision in Noem vs. Vasquez ...

In September, the Supreme Court rendered obsolete the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition on suspicionless seizures by the police. When the court stayed the district court’s decision in Noem v. Vasquez ...

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 ...

In the name of fighting “chaos” and an imaginary crime wave, President Trump has launched a broad assault on our Fourth Amendment rights.

The court must determine whether the emergency aid exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement necessitates a showing of probable cause that someone inside the home requires emergency aid.

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 ...

In its recent decision bringing together sensitive issues of workplace privacy and electronic communications, the Supreme Court in City of Ontario v. Quon 1 unanimously held that the city's audit of a ...

In September, the Supreme Court rendered obsolete the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition on suspicionless seizures by the police. When the court stayed the district court’s decision in Noem v. Vasquez ...