Police in Virginia located a suspect by demanding location-specific cell phone data from Google. Did that violate his ...

Blockchain is frequently conceived of as a tool for confidentiality and privacy, but two federal court of appeals decisions from the latter part of last year highlight how limited that hope often ...

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 ...

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 ...

9th Circuit Rules FBI Violated Fourth Amendment Due to Warrant's Lack of Specificity The opinion held that the FBI's search and seizure of the plaintiffs' safe deposit boxes violated their Fourth ...

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, ...

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” ...

Va. justices: Waiver of 4th Amendment unreasonable in Hanover case Justices cite ban on rapist’s right against unreasonable searches BY LARRY O’DELL The Associated Pres Sep 12, 2014 0 ...