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Search and seizure – Search warrant application provided insufficient basis to search premises

Where a search warrant application failed to establish a fair probability that contraband or evidence of a crime would have been found in the location to be searched, and a […] The...

Search and seizure – Court suppresses evidence from unlawful vehicle search

Ezell Walter Gaines III has been charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine. He has moved to suppress fruits of an unlawful vehicle search. The court conducted an ev...

Don’t turn a consensual contact into a seizure

Patrol cars blocking a parked vehicle created a Fourth Amendment seizure unsupported by reasonable suspicion.

Your Phone Can Be Searched at the Border Without a Warrant: Seventh Circuit Reaffirms CBP Authority

Court suppresses drug, cash evidence in car search

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia suppressed drug and cash evidence from a vehicle search that failed inventory search exception requirements. The post C...

The Government Faces High-Stakes Search-and-Seizure Challenges in Virginia

Federal law enforcement’s ability to take phones at the border is being challenged in court. The post The Government Faces High-Stakes Search-and-Seizure Challenges in Virginia app...

North Dakota Firefighter Challenges Warrantless Search of Cellphone

A North Dakota firefighter facing up to 50 years in prison for his involvement in child sex crimes, is seeking to have key evidence in the case suppressed because personal informat...

Motion for Summary Judgment Filed in Case Challenging Unlawful Search

The Second Amendment Foundation seeks summary judgment in Harrington v. Crawford, arguing an 18-year-old student's constitutional rights were violated after school officials search...

An airport search, a wiped phone and a potential test of Fourth Amendment protections

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — In a small room at the Atlanta International Airport, without a warrant and ignoring his protest and requests for his attorney, a left-wing activist...

Supreme Court Rules that a Geofence Warrant Is a Search

The Supreme Court decided several major cases in its recently-concluded Term, but for people interested in the Fourth Amendment, the most anticipated was United States v. Chatrie,...

Search and seizure – No immunity for guards who intentionally failed to check on injured inmate

Where two prison officials suspected an inmate had been beaten after they heard him moaning in his cell, but they waited 20 minutes before checking on him to avoid extra […] The po...

Criminal – Court upholds manual cell phone searches at border

Where the defendant argued that the search of his iPhone at the border was unlawful, and that the resulting sexually explicit photos and videos of prepubescent girls should have be...

Chicago Homeowner Sues Border Cops for Warrantless Raid

Will they be held responsible for the illegal search and the damage to his property?

Police search Boardman home, seize drug paraphernalia: Report

Officers searched the home in the 4100 block of Riverside Dr. around 8:30 a.m.

Mich. high court rules vehicle searches based solely on low-level marijuana violations are illegal

The Michigan Supreme Court also ruled that “the smell of marijuana is not enough” to establish probable cause that there is a criminal amount of marijuana present

Police search Boardman home, seize drug paraphernalia: Report

Officers searched the home in the 4100 block of Riverside Dr. around 8:30 a.m.

Rethinking Corporate Travel Rules After Device Search Cases

A recent New York federal court decision approving a warrantless seizure and search of company laptops and a pending Georgia federal court criminal case over a phone's data deletio...

A U.S. Citizen Deleted His Phone’s Data. Now He Faces a Felony Charge.

Federal prosecutors charged a man returning to the United States with obstruction because he gave them a passcode that erased his smartphone during a customs search.

Federal law enforcement executes search warrant at former NYC sheriff's Queens home

It is unclear what prompted the search warrant at the home of former New York City Sheriff Anthony Miranda.

Federal agents wanted to search his phone — now they say the trick he used to stop them is a crime

A simple check at the airport has become a national conversation after an activist used the ultimate trick to stop his phone from being searched.The high-profile stunt, now coming...

SAF Files Reply Brief in Unlawful Search Lawsuit

SAF filed a reply brief challenging the search of 18-year-old Jack Harrington’s vehicle at school. Officials searched his truck without consent solely because he legally owned a ha...

CAN AN OFFICER SEARCH MY CAR WITHOUT A WARRANT?

The answer is yes.  An officer may perform an inventory search after you have been arrested and the police have taken your car.  The purpose of the search is to catalog the items i...

How Are Car Owners' Rights Protected By The 4th Amendment?

Can police search your car without permission? Learn how the 4th Amendment protects drivers from unreasonable vehicle searches.

Feds arrest two, seize firearms and big rig during raid at Arizona trucking school

Federal authorities arrested two people while executing a search warrant at a truck driving school in Arizona. On August 11, 2026, agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI...