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
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
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
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
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