We talk about “individual rights” as if they’re protections, but in practice, they function more like legal defenses we have ...

In fact, the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution was written precisely to prevent the new government from running roughshod over its citizens. In the words of colonial lawyer and ...

...no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. The first half ...

This conflict presents an opportunity to redefine two fundamental issues of Fourth Amendment doctrine: What is the role of the broad third-party doctrine in the modern age and are certain ...

The 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 generally ...

For example, the Court simply asserted that "Fourth Amendment rights are properly protected absent a presence criterion." Yet Fourth Amendment questions cannot be resolved simply by asking ...

Here’s a subject new to this column: The Fourth Amendment. The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits “unreasonable searches and seizures.” Before the U.S. Supreme Court in Barnes v.

Penn Carey Law Dean Sophia Lee recently published an article in about the Fourth Amendment rights to privacy (Photo from Penn Carey Law). University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School Dean Sophia Lee ...