Tag: Fourth Amendment

Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch.

The future of privacy rests on Justice Neil Gorsuch

Washington Examiner · June 22, 2018 10:23 pm

Visitors line up to enter the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014, as the justices begin the second week of the new term. The landscape has changed very quickly for gay marriage in the U.S. Last week, the Supreme Court declined to hear appeals from several states seeking to retain their bans on same-sex marriage. The Oct. 6 move effectively legalized gay marriage in about 30 states and triggered a flurry of rulings and confusion in lower courts across the nation. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The 6 blockbuster cases to watch as the Supreme Court term ends

Melissa Quinn · June 4, 2018 12:00 pm

Beltway Confidential

Trump is right that Jeff Sessions is terrible, but not because of the Russia investigation

Becket Adams · May 30, 2018 8:27 pm

The Supreme Court is allowing Arkansas to put in effect restrictions on how abortion pills are administered. Critics of a challenged state law say it could effectively end medication abortions in the state.

Supreme Court says police need warrant to search vehicle located near home

Melissa Quinn · May 29, 2018 2:40 pm

A K-9 police officer searches a vehicle after suspects drove off from Downey police headquarters into the city of Montebello, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015. An officer was shot earlier to death while sitting in his car in the parking lot of Downey police headquarters. Officer Ricardo Galvez was in the driver's seat of his personal vehicle when two male suspects ran up and opened fire late Wednesday. The five-year department veteran died in the car. Galvez was apparently targeted, Los Angeles County sheriff's officials said Thursday.

Supreme Court: Drivers not listed on rental car agreements have reasonable expectation of privacy

Melissa Quinn · May 14, 2018 2:50 pm

Michael Cohen walks down the sidewalk in New York City.

Beltway Confidential

Alan Dershowitz: In wake of raid on Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen, we need a new law protecting lawyer-client communications

Alan Dershowitz · April 14, 2018 3:43 pm

A group of people hold up signs during a meeting called "The Resistance Training" hosted by the American Civil Liberties Union on March 11, 2017 in Coral Gables, Fla.

Beltway Confidential

Alan Dershowitz: For ACLU, getting Trump trumps civil liberties

Alan Dershowitz · April 14, 2018 3:31 pm

Michael Cohen, U.S. President Donald Trump's personal attorney, walks to his hotel, Tuesday, April 10, 2018, in New York. FBI agents on Monday raided Cohen's home, hotel room and office, seizing records on topics including a $130,000 payment made to porn actress Stormy Daniels in exchange for her silence about an affair she said she had with Trump in 2006.

Beltway Confidential

Alan Dershowitz: ‘Firewalls’ and ‘Taint Teams’ do not protect Fourth and Sixth Amendment rights

Alan Dershowitz · April 11, 2018 2:41 pm

The 2015 USA Freedom Act established amici curiae for the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, but according to an outgoing amicus, the advisers are almost never, if ever, asked for their input. (iStock)

National Security

Former FISA court adviser ‘might have argued that the Steele dossier was unreliable’ if he was asked

Steven Nelson · February 6, 2018 12:37 am

House Intelligence Committee members field questions about the Trump dossier. According to a statement from the committee's spokesperson, "The Washington Free Beacon has issued a statement asserting that it had no involvement with Christopher Stele or the dossier he compiled from Russian sources." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

#ReleaseTheMemo isn’t about transparency — it’s political grandstanding

Dan King · February 1, 2018 5:01 am

The Email Privacy Act is supported by many outside groups, including the Heritage Foundation, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the Chamber of Commerce, along with companies that provide email services, such as Google.

This email privacy bill is wildly popular. So, why won’t it pass?

Steven Nelson · January 23, 2018 5:01 am

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said that questions about President Trump's health were about "all of this ridiculous tabloid trash," as opposed to asking about the Fourth Amendment and how it relates to privacy. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Rand Paul calls media fixation on Trump’s health ‘ridiculous tabloid trash’

Diana Stancy Correll · January 18, 2018 10:56 pm