SCOTUS

Supreme Court rules in favor of Ga. officer who checked license plate database for money

The court limited the scope of the federal law against computer hacking, ruling it does not include people who misuse information they were authorized to see

Supreme Court upholds privacy rights when police believe someone in danger at home

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The justices rejected a "community caretaking" rule that may authorize police to enter a home even if they have no evidence of a crime or an emergency

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Big case for cops creates conundrum for court

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And could significantly expand warrantless entries into homes

Traffic stop for a noise violation leads Supreme Court to consider a BIG expansion of warrantless entries

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Case makes for strange bedfellows, uniting the ACLU with gun groups, albeit for different reasons

SCOTUS year in review: Decisions on vehicle stops and qualified immunity

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While the 2019 U.S. Supreme Court term was a quiet year for police-related cases, Justice Clarence Thomas continued to express concern with qualified immunity

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

SCOTUS takes a commonsense approach to reasonable suspicion

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At issue was a motor vehicle stop by a deputy sheriff based on a license plate check showing the registered owner’s driver’s license was revoked

What can law enforcement expect from SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh?

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Justice Kennedy’s successor enters into what is expected to be a highly contentious and politically divisive confirmation battle

SCOTUS: Police need warrant to obtain cellphone tracking records

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The decision marks a significant change in how police can obtain cellphone tower data

SCOTUS to hear case where cop killer allegedly can't remember killing

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Vernon Madison's attorneys argue that strokes and dementia have left him unable to understand his execution or remember killing Officer Julius Schulte

SCOTUS sides with police over partygoers in wild bash

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The court ruled that police had sufficient reason to make arrests at the raucous party in a vacant home that had been turned into a makeshift strip club

SCOTUS sides with police in Calif. shooting case

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SCOTUS sided with deputies in a legal dispute stemming from 2010, when a couple of bystanders were shot while the deputies searched for a wanted man

What does the Constitution say about the rights of law enforcement to obtain private data?

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Fourth Amendment rights are no less impacted by emerging technologies, but standard legal understandings of what information will now be considered private versus public is undergoing new consideration