Tag: Fourth Amendment

A federal court judge recently held that New York City’s stop and frisk program runs afoul of the U.S. Constitution. In addition to finding that the practice disproportionately targeted black and Hispanics in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment, ...

A mouth swab will soon be as common as a mug shot. In a controversial 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that taking a DNA sample during police booking for serious offenses is reasonable under the Fourth Amendment. The Supreme Court’s DNA ...

In a closely watched case, the U.S. Supreme Court recently held that privacy interests trump law enforcement when it comes to forced blood draws in a drunk driving investigation. Though the justices could not agree on a bright-line rule, the majority...

The right to remain silent, first solidified in Miranda v. Arizona, is one of the bedrock principles of our criminal justice system. However, the extent of its protections may be changing. The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in Sa...

The U.S. Supreme Court recently decided one of two cases involving the reliability of man’s best friend to “sniff out” evidence of criminal activity. The Court ruled 9-0 in favor of the dog. The Facts of the Case K-9 Officer Willi...

The U.S. Supreme Court recently considered whether law enforcement’s use of a trained narcotics-detection dog to sniff a house suspected of drug activity is a “search” within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment. Although the Supreme Court has g...