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Sentencing Law and Policy
Latest SCOTUS order list full of intrigue while engaging Second, Fourth and Sixth Amendment (originalist?) jurisprudence
The US Supreme Court is back in action with oral arguments this week after nearly a month off, and today's action starts with this lengthy new order list. Running 58…
Nahmod Law
An Important Section 1983 Fourth Amendment Deadly Force Case: Barnes v. Felix in the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court heard oral argument on January 22, 2025, in a potentially significant section 1983 Fourth Amendment excessive force case from the Fifth Circuit, Barnes v. Felix, 91 F.4th…
Government Contracts & Investigations Blog
Will CBP Search Your Laptop and Cell Phone at the Port of Entry?
By Jonathan E. Meyer, Greg Berk
Cell phone and laptop searches do happen but they are relatively rare. Although the Fourth Amendment right to be free of unreasonable searches and seizures is drastically reduced at a…
On Brief: Iowa's Appellate Blog
No Fourth Amendment violation in vehicle search after drug-sniffing dog sticks its nose through an open window, Iowa Supreme Court holds
By Rox Laird
The Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable search and seizure was not violated when a drug detection dog inserted its nose into the open window of a suspect’s vehicle, the Iowa…
Chicago Criminal Law Blog
Issues Remain with How Law Enforcement Tracks and Prosecutes Child Pornography
Appellate Court Finds Law Enforcement Violated Constitutional Rights with Warrantless Search of Email Containing Possible Child Pornography The Second Circuit of Appeals recently found that law enforcement violated the 4th…
inversecondemnation.com
Guest Post: P’Nut, The Fourth Amendment, And Property Rights
Mr. Otis would be a P'Nut fan.Our Pacific Legal Foundation colleague and search-and-seizure expert Daniel Woislaw quickly responded to the cultural zeitgeist and looked into l'affaire P'nut le Squirrel with…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Administrative Arrest Warrants: Armed Encounters Outside the Judicial Process by Meg Mary Margaret Penrose
Administrative Arrest Warrants: Armed Encounters Outside the Judicial Process by Meg Mary Margaret Penrose, Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 389-435, 2024AbstractThis Article considers three…
Immigration Blog
Is Exception to Warrantless Searches at Border Changing for Electronic Devices?
By Benjamin Lau
U.S. law has long provided a border search exception to the Fourth Amendment warrant or probable cause requirement, allowing federal agents to search people, and their electronic devices, at border…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Any recommendations for Amendments needing SCOTUS attention on this Constitution Day?
In this post on this day 15 years ago, I used the occasion of Constitution Day to encourage discussion of parts or provisions of the Constitution that seem under-appreciated. That…
Criminal
Any recommendations for Amendments needing SCOTUS attention on this Constitution Day?
In this post on this day 15 years ago, I used the occasion of Constitution Day to encourage discussion of parts or provisions of the Constitution that seem under-appreciated. That…