The FBI violated individuals’ constitutional rights when agents rifled through hundreds of safe deposit boxes without warrants in 2021, a federal appellate court has ruled.
Yhe Constitution is not self-enforcing, and one important section has eroded to the point of invisibility: the Fourth Amendment.
The Tucson police and Border Patrol agents are violating the Fourth Amendment rights of Southern Arizonans by immigration checks that often take more than an hour, the ACLU of Arizona wrote in a pair of letters to the two agencies Monday.
The Supreme Court on Monday announced it would not consider a case involving limits on random detention of motorists within 100 miles of a border.
By FBI Director James Comey Lawfare I am worried we are talking past each other with respect to “Going Dark,” so let me try to frame it in a way that I hope is fair-minded and provides a basis for healthy discussion: These are things I believe to be true: 1. The logic of encryption will…
By The Detroit News Editorial Board If Americans had no civil liberties, it would be a snap to keep the country safe and secure. Police states are highly effective at dissuading criminal activity and rooting out threats. But as inconvenient as it often is for law enforcement, we do have a Bill of Rights that…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A video has surfaced showing a Border Patrol agent potentially mishandling a driver who refused to say where he was going and declined a search. “What is your reasonable suspicion?” asked Rick Herbert, who was in the car with his 4-year-old son. The agent grabbed Herbet by the arm. “Hey, dude,…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It used to be the bad guys who hacked computers. But now law enforcement is resorting to the same trickery to search remote computers for investigations. The IDG News Service reports that the Justice Department is seeking permission to hack computers to investigate complex criminal schemes that often utilize millions of machines…
