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A police officer orders you to exit your car during a traffic stop. Do you have to comply?
Gannett via AOL· 3 days agoSupreme Court case known as Pennsylvania vs. Mimms, is yes. Do you have to get out of your car for...
EFF to Ninth Circuit: Abandoning a Phone Should Not Mean Abandoning Its Contents
Electronic Frontier Foundations· 4 days agoThe case, United States v. Hunt, involves law enforcement’s seizure and search of an iPhone the defendant left behind after being shot ...
DOJ: Phoenix police systematically used illegal excessive force. City pushes back
The Arizona Republic· 3 days agoAmendments, according to Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil...
The Supreme Court’s June Opinion Dump Will Be Devastating and Unprecedented
Slate via Yahoo News· 6 days agoToday, they’re taking up fewer and fewer little cases while maxing out on the front-page supernovas....
State Insists It Can Keep Babies’ Blood Without Parental Consent
Forbes· 7 days agoEvery state in the U.S. requires hospitals to take a small blood sample from newborns to test for...
Student with intellectual disability challenges officer’s decision to tase him at school -...
SCOTUSblog· 5 days agoThe Petitions of the Week column highlights some of the cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here. The Fourth Amendment ...
Judges OK warrantless searches of locked glove boxes
New Jersey Monitor via Yahoo News· 4 days agoContainers in a vehicle's interior do not enjoy greater protections from warrantless searches, even if they are locked, judges ruled Wednesday. The post...
WA police sergeant fired after intervening in sick man’s life. Was he in the wrong?
Tacoma News Tribune via Yahoo News· 6 days ago“All I did was help somebody,” he said. “I gained nothing out of this.” The Fourth Amendment of the...
Local lawmakers weigh in on session in Albany
Watertown Daily Times, N.Y. via Yahoo News· 5 days agoJun. 11—ALBANY — Another legislative session has concluded in the state Capitol, and the north country's lawmakers have a wide variety of takes on how the last six months ...
DOJ issues critical report of Phoenix PD's 'pattern or practice' of unlawful force
United Press International via Yahoo News· 3 days agoAfter a multi-year investigation, a highly critical Justice Department report says the Phoenix...