Warrantless searches stories at Techdirt.

For the most part, anything discarded by a suspect fleeing from law enforcement officers can be searched or seized without a warrant. For years, ...

Warrantless search stories at Techdirt.

The government offers no other justification for the warrantless search of the bedroom and the Court finds none. The government's rummaging in the locked ...

A smallish victory for Fourth Amendment protections comes today as the Supreme Court has struck down a Los Angeles ordinance that allowed police warrantless ...

Warrantless surveillance stories at Techdirt.

... warrantless searches targeting US persons' communications. Normally, this sort of thing would require a warrant. I mean, that's how it works everywhere else ...

Searches stories at Techdirt.

from the can't-make-crime-fighting-omelettes-without-breaking-a-few-Constitutional-eg dept. Fri, Sep 3rd 2021 03:32pm - Tim Cushing. How much does it take to ...

Warrants stories at Techdirt.

A favorite method of justifying warrantless searches. It's an odor, so it can't be caught on camera, which are becoming far more prevalent.

Warrantless Vehicle Search stories at Techdirt.

For nearly two decades, state law enforcement officers were able to search a vehicle without a warrant if the driver could not provide identification. While ...

Court Tells Cop They Need More Than 'It's A Vehicle' And 'Guy ...

It instead argued case law allowed it perform a warrantless search. ... Support Techdirt · Techdirt. Brought to you by Floor64 · Proudly powered ...

4th amendment stories at Techdirt.

Stories filed under: "4th amendment". Expand All Posts Collapse All ... warrantless search. It probably shouldn't have bothered. The search is saved ...

Private search stories at Techdirt.

Having been informed of the chain of events leading to his arrest, Maher challenged the warrant used by law enforcement, claiming it was tainted ...

Backdoor searches stories at Techdirt.

... warrantless searches targeting US persons' communications. Normally, this sort of thing would require a warrant. I mean, that's how it works ...

Border searches stories at Techdirt.

A federal court has held that the government must obtain a warrant based on probable cause before searching travelers' electronic devices at the border. The ...

Officer safety stories at Techdirt.

There are only a handful of acceptable excuses for performing warrantless searches and, man, do they get used so frequently we can probably all ...

What Does the Fourth Amendment Mean? | United States Courts

The Constitution, through the Fourth Amendment, protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government. Find cases that help define what ...

Cop magic stories at Techdirt.

“Odor of marijuana” still remains — even in an era of widespread legalization — a favorite method of justifying warrantless searches. It's ...

Cases - Search and seizure - Oyez

A case in which the Court held that a police officer cannot, under the Fourth Amendment, enter private property in order to conduct a warrantless search of a ...

7th circuit appeals court stories at Techdirt.

... warrantless pole camera constitutes a Fourth Amendment search. See Appellant's Br. at 12 (“[O]ne has no reasonable expectation of privacy in ...

Fourth Amendment – EPIC – Electronic Privacy Information Center

The Court found that the warrantless search of a cell phone would be an ... EPIC has also intervened in cases involving the scope and methods used in searches ...

Fourth Amendment | Wex | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute

In cases of warrantless searches and seizures, the court will try to balance the degree of intrusion on the individual's right to privacy and the need to ...

U.S. Supreme Court protects cell phones from warrantless searches

However, a warrantless search is constitutional insofar as it is reasonable, and, in the cases before it, reasonable in light of a lawful arrest in order “to ...