WASHINGTON – Conservative Republicans have a three-word response to government demands to spy on Americans’ telecommunications: “Get a warrant.” When it comes to the same government breaking into ...

The Fourth Amendment protects Americans from unreasonable searches and seizures, including digital data. Government agencies like ICE and the Department of Homeland Security are reportedly using ...

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 ...

Some of the recent legal challenges to the use of surveillance by the Department of Homeland Security upon Americans have ...

This article explains how new surveillance and biometric tech, like drones and facial recognition, challenge privacy rights. Courts are increasingly scrutinizing when warrants are needed, balancing ...

On April 27th, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Chatrie v. United States, on the Fourth Amendment implications of geofencing. I have already posted the amicus brief I wrote for the Court ...

Some recent legal challenges to the Department of Homeland Security’s surveillance of Americans have revealed truly ...

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 ...