A recent New York court case upheld a murder conviction despite claims that DNA evidence used violated the defendant’s Fourth Amendment rights. The case highlights ongoing legal questions about ...

Lower courts are divided on the Fourth Amendment implications of a drug detection dog that jumps into a car on its own and then alerts to illegal drugs. I thought I would offer some thoughts on the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Naomi Schalit: Okay, I’m going to read the Fourth Amendment – and then you’re going to explain it to us, please! Here goes: “The ...

Part of the Murthy v. Missouri challengers' claim is that the First Amendment bans the government from even "substantially encouraging" private entities to block user speech. And as I noted in the ...

There are three general exceptions to our Constitution’s warrant requirement allowing police entry into someone’s home. “Exigent circumstances” meaning matters of life and death, “hot pursuit” ...

I recently saw a video of a man lying quietly on a public park bench during the day. Someone had called the police, claiming someone was sleeping. When the officer arrived, the man was awake, calm, ...