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• What can law enforcement expect from Justice Amy Coney Barrett?

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  Justice Barrett is protective of privacy rights and has authored two 7th Circuit opinions wherein she held for the defendant in search and seizure cases

• Automated license plate reader information leads to mail 'fishing' suspect

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  The court’s holding in this case is very narrow: A person driving a rental car beyond the rental period who is on notice does not have an expectation of privacy in the car’s location

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• Whether spoken or gestured, cops should usually ignore the F-bomb

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  Being told to f-off or anything similar may be evidence of poor breeding, but is also the burden of today’s public servants

• 5 Supreme Court decisions from 2014 impacting law enforcement

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  The 2014 calendar brought us five significant cases which impact officers’ understanding of Fourth Amendment limits, both in its extension and restrictions

• Why SCOTUS won't issue a sweeping police cell phone search decision

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  What’s reasonable and unreasonable when it comes to cell phone searches and privacy is often the sticky wicket cops find themselves in — enter the Supreme Court

• The Constitution and the cop: Case law and the American home

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  While the home is still sacred constitutional ground — a threshold not to be trespassed upon by the government without a warrant supported by probable cause — exceptions do exist

• Suit over Pa. stop for Arabic flashcards tossed

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  Nicholas George sought to sue three Transportation Security Administration agents and two FBI agents over the August 2009 stop at Philadelphia International Airport, saying they violated his free speech rights and conducted an improper search

• Are cops 'frienemies' of the Constitution?

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  The person’s fundamental desire and Constitutional right to be left alone must be balanced against an officer’s responsibility and mission to interdict crime