Court Says Police Don’t Need a Warrant to Search Cellphone Location Data
Do Police Need A Warrant To Search Your Cellphone? In another case where the courts are forced to deal with how we use technology in everyday life, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that law enforcement do not […]
Navy Officer Faces Court Martial on Suspicion of Espionage
The U.S. Navy has announced that they will be pursuing charges of espionage against Navy Lt. Cmdr. Edward Lin. He has been accused of spying for China and Taiwan, passing military secrets to foreign agents and an FBI informant during a sting […]
Judge Concerned FBI and NSA Overstepped Surveillance Limits
Years after Edward Snowden released information about the government’s massive information gathering program, we still know very little about the extent of the government’s surveillance. A secret court decision has recently been released, where the judge was disturbed by the […]
Sentencing Reform Stalls While President Continues to Commute Sentences
Over the past few months, promising sentencing reform has made slow progress. Despite sentencing reform bills being proposed in both the House and the Senate, Congress has yet to pass either bill. As families, legislators, and even law enforcement push for reform on […]
Bowe Bergdahl’s Court Martial Case
When many people first heard the story of Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl walking away from his post, and into the hands of the Taliban, their thoughts immediately turned to labeling him a traitor. However, as followers of the popular Serial podcast have heard […]
Johnson v. U.S. and the End of the Residual Clause
Samuel Johnson was being monitored by the Federal Bureau of Investigation related to his involvement with a white-supremacist organization. During the investigation, an undercover agent said Johnson talked about counterfeiting money, producing napalm and other explosives, and showed the agent an […]
LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF NOT BEING TASED
On January 11, 2016, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in Armstrong v. Village of Pinehurst that the use of tasers by police can be excessive force under the Fourth Amendment. Specifically, the Fourth Circuit found that the Pinehurst, North Carolina police department’s […]