Don’t consent to searches
If you ever want a damned good reason to never consent to a police search of your phone or other electronic device, take this case out of Oregon recently decide...
Category: Fourth Amendment
The concept of basic principles is foreign to too many
This one’s a doozy. From r/AITA, “AITA for breaking into my MIL’s bedroom?“ Throwaway cause some of my in-laws use reddit. We are pregna...
Sidestepping the Fourth Amendment
In the State of Washington back in 1989, a young woman named Amanda Stavik was abducted raped, and murdered. Her body was discovered several days later. A surpr...
Why police may not act on tips
After the recent tragedy in Florida, one question I’ve seen raised numerous times can be boiled down to this: why did the FBI and local police not act on ...
Revisiting the Fourth Amendment and passwords
After posting the previous article, I decided to dig around a little more to see where the idea originated that passwords are protected by the Fifth Amendment a...
Passwords and the Constitution
Which Amendment to the Constitution covers your passwords and the PIN lock on your phone? If you’re the numerous journalists I’ve seen attempt to ta...