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Sentencing Law and Policy
SCOTUS issues per curiam opinion strengthening claim of qualified immunity after police shootout
Main January 9, 2017SCOTUS issues per curiam opinion strengthening claim of qualified immunity after police shootoutThe Supreme Court's first big order list of 2017 had no cert grants, which I…
The Right Coast
Federal Appeals Court Nixes Blanket Drug Screening of State College Students – Hit & Run : Reason.com
Last week a federal appeals court ruled that requiring incoming students at a state college to surrender their urine for drug testing violates the Fourth Amendment's ban on unreasonable searches.…
PrawfsBlawg
Wide Area Surveillance – “Google Earth with TiVo Capability”
Main Thursday, December 15, 2016Wide Area Surveillance - "Google Earth with TiVo Capability" Reports emerged this fall that the Baltimore Police Department had accepted private funding to secretly retain the…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
“The Consequences of Disparate Policing: Evaluating Stop-and Frisk as a Modality of Urban Policing”
The title of this post comes from this piece by Professor Aziz Huq now available on SSRN. The abstract states: Beginning in the 1990s, police departments in major American cities started…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
“From Stopping Black People to Killing Black People: The Fourth Amendment Pathways to Police Violence”
The title of this post comes from this recent paper by Professor Devon Carbado, the abstract of which states: 2014 to 2016 likely will go down as a significant if…
Race and the Law Prof Blog
Why Stop and Frisk Matters to Communities of Color
Source: New York Magazine In this week’s presidential debate, the candidates sharply disagreed about the legal status of the stop and frisk doctrine. The debate sparked a renewed interest in stop…
Family Law Prof Blog
4th Amendment & Civil Offenses
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From Orin Kerr, writing for the Washington Post/The Volokh Conspiracy:In a fascinating new decision by Judge William Pryor, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit answered an interesting…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Quantifying Criminal Procedure: How to Unlock the Potential of Big Data in Our Criminal Justice System”
Main August 29, 2016"Quantifying Criminal Procedure: How to Unlock the Potential of Big Data in Our Criminal Justice System"The title of this post is the title of this notable new…
Race and the Law Prof Blog
Call for Papers: Southern University Law Review Symposium on Utah v. Strieff
SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW: CALL FOR PAPERSThe Southern University Law Review is excited to announce its 2017 symposium titled "Fourth Amendment Searches and Seizures after Utah v. Strieff" on February 3, 2017. This year the…
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Southern University Law Review CFP: Fourth Amendment Searches and Seizures After Utah v. Strieff
From colleagues at Southern Univeristy: SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW: CALL FOR PAPERSThe Southern University Law Review is excited to announce its 2017 symposium titled "Fourth Amendment Searches and Seizures after…