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NYTimes: Mark Zuckerberg Covers His Laptop Camera. You Should Consider It, Too. by Katie Rogers:

Boston Globe: The FDA is stockpiling military weapons — and it’s not alone by Jeff Jacoby:

Defendant was a Puerto Rico police officer on a task force with the ATF. He worked the 4 pm to midnight shift, and he was involved as a police lookout to enable a condominium robbery to occur. He was convicted … Continue reading →

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WaPo: ‘The Volokh Conspiracy’ Blog: Short Circuit: A roundup of recent federal court decisions by Eugene Volokh: Is ‘the rule of law’ just an empty phrase trotted out when convenient? Hardly, argues Evan Bernick of the Center for Judicial Engagement, … Continue reading →

NACDL: Symposium Report: The Fourth Amendment in the Digital Age: Washington, DC (June 8, 2016) — The Fourth Amendment has entered the digital age. New surveillance technologies and programs — from GPS tracking devices to automated license plate readers to … Continue reading →

NYTimes: Trump Could Threaten U.S. Rule of Law, Scholars Say by Adam Liptak: WASHINGTON — Donald J. Trump’s blustery attacks on the press, complaints about the judicial system and bold claims of presidential power collectively sketch out a constitutional worldview … Continue reading →

Defendant’s wandering all over the road and even off the pavement was reasonable suspicion for a stop. The fact the dashcam only caught the second occurrence was of no avail to the defendant. State v. Moore, 2016 Tenn. Crim. App. … Continue reading →

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Defendant was stopped in an Eighth Circuit state governed by the former de minimus rule three months prior to Rodriguez, and it’s already been held that the old rule applies until that date. The district court finds the officer’s assertions … Continue reading →

The officer’s mistake of fact here was that one of defendant’s headlights was not working properly, and the trial court looked at the video of the stop several times. It may have been that it was working partially, but the … Continue reading →

Rolling Stone: Why America Can’t Quit the Drug War by Tim Dickinson: After 45 years, more than $1 trillion wasted, and the creation of the world’s largest prison system, America still lacks the political will to change its failed drug … Continue reading →

There was probable cause on the totality of the information in the affidavit. Some was incorrect, but there was no showing that it was knowingly or recklessly included or material. The affidavit may be supplemented by testimony before the search … Continue reading →

WaPo: Re: Above the Law: Comments are making the internet worse. So we got rid of them by David Lat: So we decided to get rid of the comments section. * * * In part, our decision was based on … Continue reading →

The trial court had no authority to order access to a third party’s home as a part of a discovery order. It was a sex case, and defendant wanted access to the scene of the alleged crime. It was beyond … Continue reading →

HuffPo: Cops Are Still Killing People, But The Nation Has Stopped Paying Attention by Nick Wing & Julia Craven: Politics Reporter(“Police have fatally shot at least 20 unarmed civilians this year, and cable news hasn’t covered a single case.”)

“There is no evidence to suggest that the State of Connecticut did not afford the petitioner a full and fair opportunity to litigate his Fourth Amendment claims. The fact that the petitioner chose not to testify at the hearings before … Continue reading →

Orin Kerr, An Economic Understanding of Search and Seizure Law, 164 U.Penn. L.Rev. 591 (2016). Abstract: This Article uses economic concepts to understand search and seizure law, the law governing government investigations that is most often associated with the Fourth … Continue reading →