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Supreme Court to Decide Constitutionality of Geofence Warrants

The justices took a case tied to a 2019 Virginia bank robbery to resolve conflicting appeals court rulings.

Judge Orders Release Over Unlawful ICE Raid as ICE Re-Arrests Minneapolis Man

Supreme Court Clarifies Emergency Home-Entry Rule, Rejects Probable-Cause Test

Judge Sets Post–Labor Day Trial for Rex Heuermann, Rebukes Defense Over Delays

Judge Rules ICE Violated Fourth Amendment in New York Factory Raid as Video Shows Forced Entry Into Women’s Restroom

Judge Orders DOJ to Return Richman Files, Curbing Immediate Use in Any New Comey Case

U.S. Citizen Sues DHS to End Warrantless Border Searches of Phones and Laptops

DOJ Moves to Lift Order Blocking Use of Richman Files in Comey Probe

Karen Read’s Civil Suit Moves to Federal Court Under Chief Judge Denise Casper

Democrats Demand Answers on Border Patrol’s License-Plate Surveillance Program

CBP Phone Searches at the Border: What Agents Can Access and How Long Devices Can Be Held

Zieglers Sue Sarasota and Two Detectives Over Alleged Constitutional Violations in Sex-Assault Inquiry

Gun-Rights Group Sues N.H. School Over Alleged Illegal Search of Student’s Truck

Justices Weigh Standard for Warrantless Home Entries in Case v. Montana

Durham Declares Itself a 'Fourth Amendment Workplace' After Unanimous Council Vote

Tom Homan Defends ICE’s Use of Racial Profiling and ‘Reasonable Suspicion’ Detentions

Judge Rules Key DNA Evidence Admissible in Bryan Kohberger Murder Trial

Melania Trump Condemns FBI's Mar-a-Lago Raid as a Threat to American Liberties

Fifth Circuit Declares Geofence Warrants Unconstitutional

Federal Judge Rules Warrantless Phone Searches by Border Agents Unconstitutional