The Fourth Amendment doesn’t ask how you feel. It asks what a reasonable person would perceive. That’s not a technicality — ...

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 ...

Carter, a Fourth Amendment seizure case. The petition arrives on the heels of the court’s summary reversal in District of Columbia v. R.W., another Fourth Amendment seizure case from the capital. But ...

Suppose the police want to get illegal drugs off the streets. So they begin stopping pedestrians at gunpoint, shoving them against walls, frisking them, and searching their belongings. They also force ...

The warrant requirement is still in the Constitution, and Congress still has the authority to restore it.

Recently, FBI Director Kash Patel told the Senate Intelligence Committee that the Bureau purchases commercially available data that can track Americans' movements and location histories. When Sen. Ron ...

A recent New York court case upheld a murder conviction despite claims that DNA evidence used violated the defendant’s Fourth Amendment rights. The case highlights ongoing legal questions about ...

These libertarians with their prattling on about freedom and rights. They can be so tiresome. Please stop with the high dudgeon! Here’s an example of one such “freedom” person writing about open-ended ...

This article explains how new surveillance and biometric tech, like drones and facial recognition, challenge privacy rights. Courts are increasingly scrutinizing when warrants are needed, balancing ...

On June 4, 2026, the Appellate Court of Maryland ruled that law enforcement cannot stop and search a person merely because ...