Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote the court's opinion expanding the definition of a "seizure" by police. (Nati Harnik / Associated Press) The Supreme Court on Thursday expanded the ...

A federal court judge ruled Thursday that the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services is violating the 4th Amendment by forcing hospitals to care for people experiencing mental health ...

Earlier this month, the Supreme Court rendered obsolete the 4th Amendment’s prohibition on suspicionless seizures by the police. When the court stayed the district court’s decision in Noem vs. Vasquez ...

Last week, The New York Times reported on a facial recognition technology company offering law enforcement, federal government agencies, and companies the ability to identify people simply by ...

The 4 th Amendment protects Americans’ right to be secure from unreasonable searches and seizures. If authorities want to search your home, papers, or effects, the 4 th Amendment requires them to get ...

A front door is many things. When opened, it welcomes friends, family, laughter, and joy. When closed, it guards the threshold between the safety of home and the outside world. It signals security. At ...

If a medical condition prevents someone from wearing a mask, and a business employee asks about his/her medical condition, is that a violation of that person's Fourth Amendment right? Several posts ...

Though a handful of cases found that geofencing warrants are unconstitutional, the rulings were narrow, and unlikely to slow the growing prominence of these warrants, which look to obtain data from ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday expanded the Constitution’s protection against an “unreasonable seizure,” ruling that a person who is shot by a police officer may sue, even if he or she was ...