When can law enforcement officers enter a home without a warrant to address an emergency situation? This question has divided courts of years. In Case v. Montana, 607 U.S. ___ (2026), the Supreme ...

The Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures, but what does that actually mean? The founding fathers wrote, “The right of the people to be secure ...

From 2021 until 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court did not decide one case involving traditional Fourth Amendment issues—such as what is a search, when is a warrant required and whether the exclusionary ...

It’s official: ICE is trying to destroy the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution, the one that protects us against unreasonable searches and seizures in our homes and guarantees that “no warrants ...

When Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) wants to know where someone works, worships, or travels, it doesn’t need to convince a judge it has probable cause for a warrant. In most cases, it can ...

An Oklahoma federal judge ruled Friday that warrantless searches using AI-powered surveillance camera data — such as what Flock Safety’s hallmark technology collects — may violate the Fourth Amendment ...

EVANSVILLE — Monday evening, members of Evansville City Council heard from the city's police chief, Phil Smith, that automatic license plate readers had never been found to violate the Fourth ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Jay Schweikert talked about the use of "stop and frisk" and the legality of the practice based on the unreasonable searches and seizures provision of ...

On Monday, a divided Supreme Court held that a police request to obtain cellphone user location data represents a search and generally requires a warrant under the Fourth Amendment. Justice Elena ...

Tracey Maclin is a law professor at the University of Florida Levin College of Law. In 1760, the most powerful government on the globe initiated a crackdown on illegal imports by American colonists ...