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Fourth Amendment
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Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer
Why You Should Never Consent To Any Police Search…
From Grits for Breakfast: 'Consent' lets Texas police move car, remove gas tank (From FourthAmendment.com): Generalized consent to search a car in Texas apparently includes having to endure the officer…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Kim Posts Pair on SSRN
Pauline Kim has just posted an article and a chapter on SSRN:The Story of Luck v. Southern Pacific Transportation Co.: The Struggle to Protect Employee Privacy (chapter in Employment Law…
California Employment Law Update
Employee Had No Expectation Of Privacy While Using Company’s Computer
By Tony Oncidi
United States v. Ziegler, 456 F.3d 1138 (9th Cir. 2006) After the owner of Frontline Processing contacted the FBI with a tip that an employee, Brian Ziegler, had accessed child…
Family Law Prof Blog
Warrantless Searches of Family Homes To Determine Welfare Ineligibility Constitutional
By Family Law
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, upheld the constitutionality of a program adopted in California in 1997 to cut down on fraud. The program, called Project 100%, involves sending …
The Right Coast
Originalism and the Fourth Amendment Mike Rappaport
There is an interesting dabate on originalism between Larry Solum and Jack Balkin. Solum asks why people like Marty Lederman use the original intent analysis when the great majority of…
The IP Law Blog
Your Cell Phone Is A Homing Beacon -Should The Government Be Allowed To Use It Without Showing Probable Cause?
By Scott Cameron Here's the next step Big Brother is taking toward an Orwellian 1984: Your cellular telephone can pinpoint your location any time it's turned on. That's right. Any…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Mark your SCOTUS calenders
Main February 17, 2006Mark your SCOTUS calendersAs detailed over at SCOTUSblog, the (new) Supreme Court is back in action with some orders about argued cases. But we have to wait…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Fourth Amendment Protections for Undocumented Immigrants
United States v. Atienzo, 2005 US Dist LEXIS 31652 by Paul G. Cassell, United States District Judge, begins as as follows: This case is before the court on defendant Ray…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Fourth Amendment Right to Inspect Warrant Affidavit Upheld
By Ellen Podgor
A recent opinion issued by the United States District Court for the District of Maryland upholds the right of a person whose property is searched (and seized) to review the…
CrimProf Blog
New Fourth Amendment Decision From Supreme Court
Today the Supreme Court decided Devenpeck v. Alford, No. 03-710. Holding: "A warrantless arrest is reasonable under the Fourth Amendment if the arresting officer has probable cause to believe a…