Supreme Court
Is the threshold of a storage unit within curtilage under the Fourth Amendment? The court decides in this recent case
Courts commonly cite risks of imminent injury, potential escape of the fleeing suspect and destruction of evidence as exigencies supporting warrantless entry
Decision unites Courts’ conservatives and liberals
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The United States Supreme Court recently ruled on two cases involving police officers conducting warrantless searches
Justice Kennedy’s successor enters into what is expected to be a highly contentious and politically divisive confirmation battle
As labor unions brace for SCOTUS to rule in Janus v. AFSCME, here’s a reminder of the history, role and value of police unions
Two cases recently argued before SCOTUS could narrow or expand warrantless searches – and they could reach back to what police are doing now
Jim and Doug discuss some of the pitfalls of posting your opinions to the Internet
The case could test the boundaries of an exception to the Fourth Amendment’s requirement that police obtain a warrant before searching a person, their home, papers or personal effects
2017 in Review
The Supreme Court heard three cases this past October Term 2016 that further added to its use of force case law
Decision could affect not only how the Fourth Amendment applies to police searches in the digital age, but also impact NSA surveillance and privacy rights
Lyrics in rapper Jamal Knox’s song include lines such as “let’s kill these cops ‘cause they don’t do us no good”
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court hears a case about privacy and whether police need a warrant to review cellphone data
The Supreme Court is leaving in place an appeals court ruling that concluded police can frisk someone they believe has a weapon.
The Court will consider whether police need warrants to review cellphone towers records that help them track the location of criminal suspects
SCOTUS sided with deputies in a legal dispute stemming from 2010, when a couple of bystanders were shot while the deputies searched for a wanted man
Fourth Amendment rights are no less impacted by emerging technologies, but standard legal understandings of what information will now be considered private versus public is undergoing new consideration
Justice Sonia Sotomayor argued the courts “rarely intervene” when officers have been “wrongly afforded” qualified immunity
Jim and Doug talk about a host of cases that the public should know
Gorsuch promised to be a “faithful servant of the Constitution and laws of this great nation”
Police arrested Elijah Manuel in 2011 and falsely claimed he was in possession of the illegal drug known as ecstasy
Neil Gorsuch generally has ruled against defendants appealing their convictions and those who claim they received unfair trials
If confirmed by the Senate, Justice Antonin Scalia’s seat on the Supreme Court will be given to Neil Gorsuch, a 49-year-old federal appeals court judge on the 10th Circuit
From patrol issues to alcohol blood tests to freedom of speech, the Court made some choices this year that will have a major effect on law enforcement operations
Make sure you’re current on your state’s driving while intoxicated and implied consent laws
The Supreme Court recently ruled that if an officer makes an illegal stop and then discovers an arrest warrant, the stop and its fruit will not be excluded in court
The Court’s decision in Utah v. Strieff may have left the wrong impression for police officers concerning the limits of Terry stops
A recent Supreme Court case and proposed legislation raise new questions about when and how employers must accommodate pregnancy
Obama held up Merrick Garland as a diligent public servant, highlighting his work leading the investigation into the Oklahoma City bombing
The Supreme Court opinion on Mullenix v. Luna focused on one key issue: qualified immunity
The court’s decision in the 2013 George v. Morris case failed to take into account scientific evidence from the Blair Reaction Time Study
The Court has said reasonableness does not require perfection, but it does require a plausible satisfaction of Fourth Amendment criteria