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Sentencing Law and Policy
Potent op-ed notes what is missing from the Gates-gate debate
Main July 26, 2009Potent op-ed notes what is missing from the Gates-gate debateWriting in today's New York Times, Glenn Loury has this potent op-ed putting the brouhaha surrounding the Gates…
Litigation & Trial
Round-Up On Safford United School District v. Redding, The Ibuprofen Strip-search Case
The American Constitution Society's blog reports: The Supreme Court ruled today that Arizona public school officials violated the constitutional rights of a teenage girl when they searched her for prescription-strength…
inversecondemnation.com
The Nerve Of Those Californians, Vindicating Federal Constitutional Rights In Texas Federal Courts!
As we noted in this post, the recent U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit decision in Severance v. Patterson, No. 07-20409 (Apr. 23, 2009) is garnering a lot…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Eleventh Circuit holds that reasonable suspicion sufficient for search of probationer
Main April 27, 2009Eleventh Circuit holds that reasonable suspicion sufficient for search of probationerToday in US v. Carter, No. 08-14460 (11th Cir. April 27, 2009) (available here), the Eleventh Circuit…
Sentencing Law and Policy
How might new drug war buzz impact SCOTUS student strip-search case?
Main April 21, 2009How might new drug war buzz impact SCOTUS student strip-search case?As detailed in this SCOTUSblog post, the Supreme Court this morning hears an interesting Fourth Amendment case:…
Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer
The Professor vs. the Practitioner on the Fourth Amendment
George Washington University Law School professor Orin Kerr, who is probably most renowned for his contributions to the Volokh Conspiracy, is publishing a paper in the upcoming Stanford Law Review…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Judge Rules Search of Immigrants’ Tax Returns Violated 4th Amendment
Blog Emperor Paul Caron's TaxProf blog follows up on a story from last month. A Colorado state court has held that investigators illegally rooted through over 5,000 client files at…
EvidenceProf Blog
Mutiny On The Bounty?: Tenth Circuit Holds That Bounty Hunters Are Not State Actors For 4th Amendment Purposes
By Colin Miller
The recent opinion of the Tenth Circuit in United States v. Poe, 2009 WL 514069 (10th Cir. 2009), addressed a question of first impression in that circuit: Are bounty hunters…
ImmigrationProf Blog
No Fourth Amendment Remedy in Criminal Immigration Cases?
Federal agents may have illegally obtained a DeKalb County man’s identity, but that does not stop them from prosecuting him for immigration violations, the federal appeals court ruled Monday.The 11th…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Ninth Circuit Refuses To Hear Quon En Banc
The Ninth Circuit recently denied a motion to hear the Quon case en banc. In Quon, a panel held that employees may have a Fourth Amendment expectation of privacy in…