An officer was not entitled to qualified immunity because the Fourth Amendment right at issue was clearly established at the time the constitutional violation occurred, the 4th Circuit ruled.

Police in Virginia located a suspect by demanding location-specific cell phone data from Google. Did that violate his constitutional rights? It’s been a few years since the Supreme Court heard a major ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Supreme Court upholds Montana ruling allowing police to enter homes without warrants in emergencies, stemming from 2021 Anaconda ...

The Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement boasts plenty of exceptions, and the practitioners must routinely ask the U.S. Supreme Court to consider the parameters of these exceptions. Continuing the ...

It’s been a few years since the Supreme Court heard a major Fourth Amendment case. That will change next month when the justices hear oral arguments in Chatrie v. United States on the government’s use ...