For 30 years, law-enforcement officers have been empowered to be “clever”—and that cleverness has today become the cover for ...

Federal law gives immigration agents the authority to arrest and detain people believed to have violated immigration law. But everyone — including immigrants suspected of being in the U.S. illegally — ...

The Case v. Montana decision replaces the Fourth Amendment’s “probable cause” requirement with “objective reasonableness” when officers believe someone is in danger.

The Supreme Court on Friday afternoon added four new cases, on topics ranging from the Fourth Amendment to federal preemption, to its Oral Argument Docket for the 2025-26 term. The […] The post ...

A tentative take, on both the rights and the remedies.

Probable cause is important in two aspects of criminal law: Police must have probable cause before they search a person or property, and before they arrest a person. The court must find that there is ...

Justice Brett Kavanaugh made a case last week for ditching the “shadow docket” label to describe Supreme Court actions. It was an unconvincing case when he made it, and it became even less convincing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When can the police enter a person’s home without a warrant? The Fourth Amendment and the various judicial exceptions to it don’t ...

The appellate court battle over whether Immigration and Customs Enforcement can resume ‘roving patrols’ across the L.A. area hangs on dueling legal precedents that involve the Los Angeles Police ...

The Supreme Court’s review of United States v. Chatrie puts geofence warrants and mass digital data seizures under Fourth Amendment scrutiny, raising urgent questions about particularity, AI-driven ...

On October 15, the Supreme Court heard nearly 2.5 hours of oral argument in the Voting Rights Act Case. Without even taking a break, the Court heard the second case, fittingly titled Case v. Montana.