Fourth Amendment
27 pieces tagged “Fourth Amendment”, newest first.

Flock Cameras and a Person of Interest
Technology has dual uses. How that comports with individual rights is a question without a definitive answer — so far.

DOJ Launches Initiative to Confiscate Guns
Under the guise of keeping firearms out of the hands of dangerous people, the Second and Fourth Amendments are at risk.

Individual Liberty 1, FBI 0
A recent decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled strongly in favor of property rights and against unlawful government confiscation.

IRS Ends 'Most' Home Visits Under Congressional Pressure
The work of a special committee on the weaponization of the federal government has been a welcome consequence of the Republican-controlled House.

The Anti-Liberty Un-Safe Company
The nation's leading gun safe manufacturer betrayed one of its customers, a J6 protester, to the FBI by coughing up the combination to his safe.

Firearm Confiscation Checked by Supreme Court
The justices protected the Fourth and Second Amendments from so-called "community caretaking" laws.
Going Postal for the Surveillance State
Why is the U.S. Postal Service tracking and collecting data on Americans on social media?
Will SCOTUS Eliminate the Fourth Amendment?
A case before the High Court could either solidify or undermine our civil liberties.

Court Reaffirms 2A and 4A Rights
Pennsylvania's Supreme Court says police violated a man's rights because he lawfully possessed a firearm.
Hard Cases Make Bad Fourth Amendment Law
The Supreme Court weighs in on expectation of privacy for cellphone location data.
Fourth Amendment: Supremes Get One Right ... Or Do They?
What exactly is admissible criminal evidence and when is a warrant needed?

No Fourth Amendment Rights at the Border?
Court rules that no warrant is necessary for border searches of a U.S. citizen's cell phone content.

Congress Works on Contentious Surveillance Bill
The Long War continues and good tools are required, but constitutional rights must be protected.
Reining in Civil Asset Forfeiture Abuse
Sessions insisted forfeiture is a "key tool" for enforcement. A constitutionally dubious money spigot for government is more like it.
Sessions Plans to Increase Civil Asset Forfeiture
The AG is a stand-up law-and-order guy, but this should sound alarms for people who fear the overreach of government power.

Judge Blocks New California Gun-Control Law
A temporary injunction on a law that unconstitutionally limits and criminalizes standard-capacity firearm magazines.

Billions in Civil Asset Plunder
A new DOJ report sheds light on a very problematic police revenue source.

DC Violated a Vet's Fourth Amendment Rights
And the DC Circuit Court upheld his right to sue.
Read more →Big Brother IS Watching
Technology has provided government with unprecedented data for exploitation.