Some justices seemed to advocate for a relatively narrow ruling that would clarify what such warrants require, even if it does not ultimately resolve all of the thorny issues potentially raised by the ...

The Fourth Amendment is the part of the Bill of Rights that prohibits "unreasonable searches and seizures." But — what's unreasonable? That... The 4th Amendment: Search and Seizure The 4th Amendment: ...

HARLINGEN, Texas (Border Report) — A human rights lawyer says the 4th Amendment rights of residents in border areas of the United States are being encroached upon by the Department of Homeland ...

It’s been a few years since the Supreme Court heard a major Fourth Amendment case. That will change next month when the justices hear oral arguments in Chatrie v. United States on the government’s use ...

WASHINGTON – Carrying a smartphone to a bank robbery wasn’t such a smart move for Okello Chatrie. Now the Supreme Court must decide whether the "groundbreaking" and "previously unimaginable" way ...

I have been posting on Chatrie v. United States, the Supreme Court's geofencing case to be argued on Monday. In this post, I wanted to talk a bit on why the search question is particularly hard. The ...

The justices’ decision on whether police can use location history data to track suspects may redefine Fourth Amendment protections in the digital age.

Chatrie arose from a 2019 bank robbery that proved difficult to solve. Hoping to identify a suspect, law enforcement applied for a geofence warrant seeking location data for every device associated ...

Google tracks the vast majority of cellphones in the United States, collecting your location, usage and device data through installed software and apps. The tracking occurs by various autonomous ...