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Sentencing Law and Policy
Stressing harms of drunk driving, SCOTUS upholds warrantless breath tests (but not warrantless blood tests) incident to arrest
Main June 23, 2016Stressing harms of drunk driving, SCOTUS upholds warrantless breath tests (but not warrantless blood tests) incident to arrestThe Supreme Court handed down its last big Fourth Amendment…
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Heated Words from a SCOTUS Dissent—But where does it leave citizens?
Amidst a flurry of decisions, certioraris, and growing anticipation around high profile decisions, the nation’s high court dropped a 5-3 decision in favor of a police officer who committed an…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
“The Supreme Court’s Fourth Amendment Scorecard”
The title of this post comes from this intriguing paper by Professor Brent Newton, the abstract of which states: One of the leading legal issues decided by the Supreme Court…
Media Law Prof Blog
Hofhenke on the Fourth Amendment in the Coming Drone Age
Brooke Hofhenke, American University College of Law, is publishing The Fourth Amendment in the Coming Drone Age in the Dartmouth Law Journal. Here is the abstract.Drones have exploded in popularity…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
“The Real-World Fourth Amendment”
The title of this post comes from this paper by Professor Brent Newton, the abstract of which states: The Fourth Amendment’s protections against unreasonable searches and seizures have resulted in…
Long Island Land Use and Zoning
Justice Brennan’s “Miraculous Tool” Has Arrived: The Government Drone Zone
On February 26, 2016, we published our first Drone blog post: FROM PEEPING TOMS TO PEEPING DRONES: Help, Big Brother Government is Peeping in My Backyard. We advised that New York…
Sentencing Law and Policy
In praise of my Ohio State students and their research on marijuana law, policy and reform
Main April 7, 2016In praise of my Ohio State students and their research on marijuana law, policy and reformRegular readers are familiar with my periodic collecting of posts from my…
CrimProf Blog
Henderson & Ferguson on A Fourth Amendment for Constitutional Curmudgeons
Stephen E. Henderson and Andrew Guthrie Ferguson (University of Oklahoma College of Law and University of the District of Columbia - David A. Clarke School of Law) have posted LAWn Signs:…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“On first day without Scalia, Supreme Court faces a possible tie vote” … in a criminal procedure, Fourth Amendment case
Main February 22, 2016"On first day without Scalia, Supreme Court faces a possible tie vote" ... in a criminal procedure, Fourth Amendment caseThe title of this post is drawn in…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Reviewing Justice Scalia’s “Mixed Drug War Record”
Main February 19, 2016Reviewing Justice Scalia's "Mixed Drug War Record"This new piece by Jacob Sullum at Forbes provides a useful drug-war lens through which to examine one part of Justice…