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Supreme Court Update
Paroline v. United States (12-8561), White v. Woodall (12-794), Prado Navarette v. California (12-9490) and Order List
We know you've barely finished digesting Schuette, but we're back to catch you up on the Court's remaining decisions from this week: Paroline v. United Sates (12-8561), addressing restitution for…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Intriguing SCOTUS split over reasonable suspicion for traffic stop based on 911 call
Main April 22, 2014Intriguing SCOTUS split over reasonable suspicion for traffic stop based on 911 callThe Supreme Court handed down two notable opinions this morning, and the one that should…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Holding the Line: U.S. Custom and Border Protection’s Expansion of the Border Search Exception and the Ensuing Destruction of Interior Fourth Amendment Rights by Hannah Robbins
Holding the Line: U.S. Custom and Border Protection’s Expansion of the Border Search Exception and the Ensuing Destruction of Interior Fourth Amendment Rights by Hannah Robbins Cardozo Law Review; Benjamin…
PrawfsBlawg
Overcoming the Public-Private Divide in Privacy Law (Part 1)
Main Wednesday, April 09, 2014Overcoming the Public-Private Divide in Privacy Law (Part 1)I'm working on a project I'm calling "Overcoming the Public-Private Divide in Privacy Law." Under the traditional public-private…
Education Law Prof Blog
Student Drug Testing: Individualized Suspicion Versus Random Concern
By Derek Black
In A.V. ex rel. Valichka v. Pennsgorve/ Carneys Point Regional School Dist., 2014 WL 1272119 (D. N.J. 2014), a high school baseball student took an advil for back pain during…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Daily Read: Deven Desai on Data Hoarding and Associational Freedom
"The amount of data available to law enforcement creates a type of honey pot—a trap that lures and tempts government to use data without limits." What should the constitutional limits…
Ohio Appellate Insights
Oral Argument Preview: Evidence Seized Pursuant to Arrest Warrants Issued Without A Finding of Probable Cause by a Judicial Officer. State v. Hoffman.
Update: On November 4, 2014 the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here. Read the analysis of the oral argument here.…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
“The Due Process Exclusionary Rule”
The title of this post comes from this recent paper by Richard M. Re, the abstract of which states: As the Supreme Court continues to cut back on and perhaps…
Supreme Court Update
Fernandez v. California (12-7822), United States v. Apel (12-1038) and Hinton v. Alabama (13-6440)
By Kim Rinehart
The Court returned from its midwinter recess this week, issuing a slew of new opinions. We're going to break things up and bring them to you in bite-sized chunks. Today's…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Cohabitant Can Consent to Search Over Objection of Absent Occupant
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolThe Supreme Court ruled today that a cohabitant of an apartment can validly consent to a search of the apartment, even over the objections…