Bivens Claims
Egbert v. Boule
Fifty-one years ago, in Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, the Supreme Court announced a cause of action for money damages against…
Fourth Amendment
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Qualified Immunity
T.O. v. Fort Bend Independent School District
Fifth Circuit Declines to Extend Fourth Amendment to Bar Corporal Punishment in Public Schools
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Fourth Amendment
The Aftermath of Carpenter: An Empirical Study of Fourth Amendment Law, 2018-2021
The full text of this Article may be found by clicking on the PDF link to the left. Fourth Amendment law is in flux. The Supreme Court recently established, in…
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Criminal Justice Reform
Policing Mass Incarceration
In Presumed Guilty: How the Supreme Court Empowered the Police and Subverted Civil Rights, Dean Erwin Chemerinsky issues an indictment of the Supreme Court, charging that institution with facilitating undue…
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Criminal Law
United States v. Wilson
Ninth Circuit Holds That Officer's Warrantless Review of Images Flagged by Google as Apparent Child Sexual Abuse Material Violated Fourth Amendment
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Constitutional Law
Alasaad v. Mayorkas
First Circuit Upholds Warrantless, Suspicionless Searches of Electronic Devices at the Border
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Fourth Amendment
United States v. Tuggle
Seventh Circuit Holds Long-Term, Warrantless Video Surveillance is Not an Illegal Search
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Fourth Amendment
Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle v. Baltimore Police Department
Fourth Circuit Holds Warrantless Access of Aerial Surveillance Data Unconstitutional
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Fourth Amendment
Torres v. Madrid
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Fourth Amendment
Caniglia v. Strom
In September 2005, John Roberts was confirmed as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. The Chief Justice’s…