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On Brief: Iowa's Appellate Blog
U.S. Supreme Court denies Iowa woman’s bid to overturn her drug conviction claiming K9 search violated Fourth Amendment
By Rox Laird
The U.S. Supreme Court issued an order Oct. 6 denying an Iowa woman’s petition for certiorari seeking to overturn her drug possession conviction in Madison County District Court, arguing that…
Legal Theory Blog
Jefferis on Excessive Force and Legal Expressivism
Danielle C. Jefferis (University of Nebraska at Lincoln - College of Law) has posted Our Progressively Brutal Constitution: A Legal Expressivist Account of the Excessive Force Doctrine on SSRN. Here…
Legal Theory Blog
Sarna Outcome Bias and Public Employee Searches
Natasha Sarna (Georgetown University) has posted Check His Desk! Testing Outcome Bias in Fourth Amendment Public Employee Searches on SSRN. Here is the abstract: What is “reasonable” under the law,…
Koehler Law Blog
When is D.C. person seized for Fourth Amendment purposes?
The first question in any case in which the legality of a Fourth Amendment search is being challenged is when the seizure occurred. The next question then becomes: What did…
Legal Theory Blog
Jefferis on Excessive Force
Danielle C. Jefferis (University of Nebraska at Lincoln - College of Law) has posted Our Progressively Brutal Constitution: A Legal Expressivist Account of the Excessive Force Doctrine on SSRN. Here…
California Public Safety Labor Blog
Ninth Circuit Holds Officer’s Use of Less-Lethal Force That Injured Bystander During Protest Not Excessive
By Mastagni Law
In Cheairs v. City of Seattle, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled that an officer’s deployment of a blast ball during a chaotic protest, which injured a nearby…
On Brief: Iowa's Appellate Blog
U.S. Supreme Court asked to overturn Iowa Supreme Court drug-sniffing dog decision
By Rox Laird
An Iowa woman seeking to overturn her drug possession conviction has filed a petition for certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that a police search of her vehicle based…
Kirakosian Law Blog
Police Brutality Definition: Understanding Your Rights in California
When we ask, “What is police brutality?” the answer is both legal and deeply personal. Police brutality occurs when law enforcement officers use excessive or unlawful force against individuals. While…
Inside Privacy
US District Court for the Southern District of Texas Denies Use of Administrative Inspection Warrant for Worksite Immigration Enforcement
By Ashley Nyquist, Krissy Chapman, Tian Kisch
A U.S. District Court recently denied a government application for an administrative inspection warrant to enter a private business for the purpose of searching for and seizing undocumented immigrants and…
Koehler Law Blog
On the withdrawal of consent in Ford v. U.S.
A defendant can consent to a Fourth Amendment search or seizure, thereby obviating the need for a warrant. A defendant can limit the scope of the consent – as in,…