Articles related to "Fourth Amendment"
Am I Under Arrest?
A look at the Fourth Amendment's mandate for arrest. When is a person "seized" within the meaning of the Constitution? The Supreme Court took time to clarify just that.
fourth amendment • supreme court
A look at the Fourth Amendment's mandate for arrest. When is a person "seized" within the meaning of the Constitution? The Supreme Court took time to clarify just that.
fourth amendment • supreme court
Crimes & Misdemeanors
An illustration of how the fourth amendment principles affect everyday lives.
fourth amendment • class c misdemeanor • searches • seizures • peace officers
An illustration of how the fourth amendment principles affect everyday lives.
fourth amendment • class c misdemeanor • searches • seizures • peace officers
Disturbing Discretion
How a recent decision by the Supreme Court arguably gives law enforcement free reign to overstep its Fourth Amendment boundaries.
police officers • fourth amendment • motion to suppress • precedent
How a recent decision by the Supreme Court arguably gives law enforcement free reign to overstep its Fourth Amendment boundaries.
police officers • fourth amendment • motion to suppress • precedent
Fido's Tale
Mulling over a recent Supreme Court case that decides the constitutionality of a dog sniff during a routine traffic stop. Fourth-Amendment safe or beyond protected activity? Take a look.
supreme court • fourth amendment • expection of privacy
Mulling over a recent Supreme Court case that decides the constitutionality of a dog sniff during a routine traffic stop. Fourth-Amendment safe or beyond protected activity? Take a look.
supreme court • fourth amendment • expection of privacy
Fourth Amendment Searches with Thermal Imagers
The Supreme Court rules that the use of thermal imagery of private homes is a search under the terms of the Fourth Amendment and thus requires a warrant.
scalia • kyllo • thermal imagery
The Supreme Court rules that the use of thermal imagery of private homes is a search under the terms of the Fourth Amendment and thus requires a warrant.
scalia • kyllo • thermal imagery
It's All In The Name
Should you have to tell a law enforcement officer who you are? The Supreme Court tells us what to say.
supreme court • fourth amendment • fifth amendment
Should you have to tell a law enforcement officer who you are? The Supreme Court tells us what to say.
supreme court • fourth amendment • fifth amendment
Matters of the Home
When is a search not a search? How private is what you do in your home? Can a new imaging device be used to detect possible wrongdoing, without implicating the Fourth Amendment? Read on to get the answers.
fourth amendment • privacy • probable cause
When is a search not a search? How private is what you do in your home? Can a new imaging device be used to detect possible wrongdoing, without implicating the Fourth Amendment? Read on to get the answers.
fourth amendment • privacy • probable cause
NSA Surveillance
A look at the recent decision by Judge Anna Diggs Taylor to strike down NSA warrantless surveillance.
law • wiretapping • constitution • fourth amendment • circuit court
A look at the recent decision by Judge Anna Diggs Taylor to strike down NSA warrantless surveillance.
law • wiretapping • constitution • fourth amendment • circuit court
Prying Eyes
Is it an unreasonable search for the state to monitor your house with a thermal imager without a warrant?
fourth amendment • unreasonable search • thermal imager
Is it an unreasonable search for the state to monitor your house with a thermal imager without a warrant?
fourth amendment • unreasonable search • thermal imager
Running Into Trouble
What happens when a young man, hanging out on the streets of Chicago spots police officers, knowing that he was packing? Read on to find out.
fourth amendment • reasonable suspicion • terry v. ohio
What happens when a young man, hanging out on the streets of Chicago spots police officers, knowing that he was packing? Read on to find out.
fourth amendment • reasonable suspicion • terry v. ohio
Searching For A Warrant
One of the nation's Courts of Appeal has decided that a warrant is not required for entering, and searching our homes. Uh-oh, uh-huh...you gotta check out this one...
fourth amendment • high court • constitution • search warrant • probable cause
One of the nation's Courts of Appeal has decided that a warrant is not required for entering, and searching our homes. Uh-oh, uh-huh...you gotta check out this one...
fourth amendment • high court • constitution • search warrant • probable cause
Seizing The Law
This article looks at a Fourth Amendment case where an abrogation of judicial duty leads to unconstitutional and unjust result.
fourth amendment • supremes
This article looks at a Fourth Amendment case where an abrogation of judicial duty leads to unconstitutional and unjust result.
fourth amendment • supremes
The Burning Question
A look at the Supreme Court's decision to allow home searches, even when the 'searcher' has no warrant. What's gotten into them? Read on...
supreme court • fourth amendment
A look at the Supreme Court's decision to allow home searches, even when the 'searcher' has no warrant. What's gotten into them? Read on...
supreme court • fourth amendment
Carnivore - Email Invasion
Carnivore - another way to invade our privacy.
carnivore • fbi • email • internet • privacy
Carnivore - another way to invade our privacy.
carnivore • fbi • email • internet • privacy
Catching Up On Freedom
I a happy to be back writing about Freedom! First let's look at how September 11 and the "Patriot Act" are affecting our country.
freedom • patriot act • fourth amendment • 4th amendment • search
I a happy to be back writing about Freedom! First let's look at how September 11 and the "Patriot Act" are affecting our country.
freedom • patriot act • fourth amendment • 4th amendment • search
Don't Be Fooled By The War On Drugs
Propsed drug legislation attacks the First and Fourth Amendments.
secret search • hr 2987 • anti-drug • first amendment • fourth amendment
Propsed drug legislation attacks the First and Fourth Amendments.
secret search • hr 2987 • anti-drug • first amendment • fourth amendment
Taking a Byte Out of Crime (and Terrorism)
The tragic events that the world witnessed last month have rekindled (or should I say, "re-ignited") one of the longest running debates since the birth of the Internet: Internet privacy versus National Security and the use of the FBI's Carnivore surveillance tool.
information • technology • world • trade • center
The tragic events that the world witnessed last month have rekindled (or should I say, "re-ignited") one of the longest running debates since the birth of the Internet: Internet privacy versus National Security and the use of the FBI's Carnivore surveillance tool.
information • technology • world • trade • center
The Drug Roadblock
Analysis of roadblocks and sobriety checkpoint use in law enforcement
sitz • u.s. supreme court • roadblock • police • drugs
Analysis of roadblocks and sobriety checkpoint use in law enforcement
sitz • u.s. supreme court • roadblock • police • drugs
Updates
Updates on Carnivore, gun control, police misconduct, and censorship.
carnivore • gun control • police • police misconduct • censorship
Updates on Carnivore, gun control, police misconduct, and censorship.
carnivore • gun control • police • police misconduct • censorship
Whose Version Of Freedom Are You Referring To?
Too many groups become exclusionary when it comes to our rights. Freedom can never be secured by denying others.
freedom • first amendment • second amendment • fourth amendment • civil rights
Too many groups become exclusionary when it comes to our rights. Freedom can never be secured by denying others.
freedom • first amendment • second amendment • fourth amendment • civil rights
Is Surveillance Destroying Liberty
In the words of Founding Father Ben Franklin: "They, who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty nor security."
security verses freedom • ben franklin on liberty • secret surveillance and the constitution • baron de montesquieu and james madison • president bush assault on constitution
In the words of Founding Father Ben Franklin: "They, who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty nor security."
security verses freedom • ben franklin on liberty • secret surveillance and the constitution • baron de montesquieu and james madison • president bush assault on constitution