Supreme Court

U.S. Supreme Court sides with police in qualified immunity cases

Justices reversed rulings in two separate cases related to use-of-force lawsuits

With 2 rulings, SCOTUS rebukes lower courts and doubles down on qualified immunity guidance

If there is any clearly established Supreme Court precedent, it is that the Court believes lower courts continue to misconstrue Supreme Court direction on qualified immunity

How this Tesla functions as a cop car without looking like one

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This undercover cop uses a Model Y with custom, secure storage as a duty vehicle

Drug dog sniff of storage unit wasn't a search

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Is the threshold of a storage unit within curtilage under the Fourth Amendment? The court decides in this recent case

SCOTUS declines to hear appeal by Maine State Police troopers

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The troopers were sued for allegedly failing to protect a woman before her ex-boyfriend went on a shooting rampage in 2015

Supreme Court limits warrantless entries in hot pursuit

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Courts commonly cite risks of imminent injury, potential escape of the fleeing suspect and destruction of evidence as exigencies supporting warrantless entry

Supreme Court slams door on warrantless entry into homes for 'community caretaking'

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Decision unites Courts' conservatives and liberals

Would slowing down and conducting inventory have made this evidence admissible?

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A recent case from the 4th Circuit applies the Gant rule, demonstrating its impact on a warrantless search incident to arrest

Seized – but not stopped – by a bullet

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The Court held, "the application of physical force to the body of a person with intent to restrain is a seizure even if the person doesn't submit and isn't subdued"

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