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  • July 2008

    • Illegal Search Rule Faces New Challenge

      New York Times  |  Jul 19, 08 8:16 AM CDT

      Illegal Search Rule Faces New Challenge

      (Newser) - America is the only country in the world where evidence—even a carload of narcotics—is automatically suppressed if the police are found to have acted wrongly in acquiring it, writes the New York Times . Courts in other countries weigh the level of police misconduct with the gravity of the crime and the power of the evidence. In the US, the exclusion is absolute, but a change could be coming. More »

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      US Supreme Court  • police  • law enforcement  • Fourth Amendment  • US Constitution  • search and seizure

  • April 2008

    • Bush Threw Out 4th Amendment After 9/11

      Washington Post  |  Apr 4, 08 1:23 PM CDT

      Bush Threw Out 4th Amendment After 9/11

      (Newser) - Just a month after Sept. 11, 2001, the Justice Department concluded that anti-terror military operations on US soil were not constrained by the Fourth Amendment protections against search and seizure. The conclusion was detailed in a memo written by John Yoo, the theorist behind many of President Bush's expansions of presidential power. Though it hasn't been released, it was referred to in Yoo's 2003 memo authorizing torture, which was released Tuesday, writes the Washington Post . More »

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      Department of Justice  • War on Terror  • warrantless wiretapping  • executive power  • Fourth Amendment  • John Yoo

  • February 2008

    • Cheney Resists Testifying in 'Attack' Lawsuit

      Los Angeles Times  |  Feb 4, 08 7:36 PM CST

      Cheney Resists Testifying in 'Attack' Lawsuit

      (Newser) - A man collared on suspicion of assaulting Dick Cheney two years ago wants the veep to testify in court—but is it likely? Cheney would only have to if his testimony is unobtainable by other means, one expert said—exactly what Cheney's lawyer argued last week in court. But one Washington attorney said Steve Howards, 55, Cheney's alleged attacker, has a case for getting Cheney to testify. More »

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      Dick Cheney  • First Amendment  • Secret Service  • Fourth Amendment

  • November 2007

    • Big Brother May Be Tracking Your Cell Phone

      Washington Post  |  Nov 23, 07 6:04 AM CST

      Big Brother May Be Tracking Your Cell Phone

      (Newser) - Federal investigators pursuing drug traffickers, fugitives and other criminal suspects often get court orders to obtain tracking data from cell phones, and they're frequently granted the orders without showing probable cause. That worries privacy advocates, especially in light of the fact that new cell phone services are providing an unprecedented amount of data, including the precise location of the user, reports the Washington Post . More »

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      cell phones  • privacy  • Verizon  • Sprint Nextel  • Fourth Amendment  • federal judges

  • September 2007

    • Fed Judge Rules Against Patriot Act

      Associated Press  |  Sep 27, 07 6:07 AM CDT

      Fed Judge Rules Against Patriot Act

      (Newser) - Key provisions of the Patriot Act allowing secret searches have been ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge. In the case of Portland lawyer Brandon Mayfield, whose home and office were secretly raided after he was mistakenly linked to bombings in Madrid, a US District judge found that search warrants were issued without probable cause, violating the Fourth Amendment prohibiting unreasonable search and seizure. More »

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      Department of Justice  • Patriot Act  • constitutional law  • Fourth Amendment

    • Court Says Past Travels Not Private

      ComputerWorld  |  Sep 26, 07 3:36 PM CDT

      Court Says Past Travels Not Private

      (Newser) - A federal court has ruled that one’s historic whereabouts are not protected by the Fourth Amendment, and that the government doesn't need to show probable cause to access old cell phone records. Authorities only have to claim the information is “relevant to an ongoing investigation,” Computerworld reports, a reversal of an earlier judge’s finding. More »

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      cell phones  • privacy  • Fourth Amendment

  • August 2007

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