The Case v. Montana decision replaces the Fourth Amendment’s “probable cause” requirement with “objective reasonableness” when officers believe someone is in danger.

Probable cause is important in two aspects of criminal law: Police must have probable cause before they search a person or property, and before they arrest a person. The court must find that there is ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of a Montana man who was convicted of assaulting a police officer. In a unanimous decision written by Justice Elena Kagan, the […] The post Court ...

Some conservatives might want to excuse it, but across the country, most egregiously in Minneapolis, federal law enforcement officers are blatantly violating the Fourth Amendment. That amendment ...

Federal law gives immigration agents the authority to arrest and detain people believed to have violated immigration law. But everyone — including immigrants suspected of being in the U.S. illegally — ...

Two anonymous DHS officials have exposed through Whistleblower Aid a secret memorandum from Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons ...

The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that police do not need probable cause to execute a warantless search of a home when there is an "objectively reasonable basis" to suspect that someone need's ...

A federal judge in Chicago heard oral arguments Friday on a motion filed by immigration and civil rights attorneys in March against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and ...

The Carruthers case clarifies that a wrongful arrest fails if there's a conviction, but malicious prosecution can proceed if ...

How much do you really know — or truly understand — about the Supreme Law of the Land? The 13th Annual A Conversation with the Constitution event will bring San Antonio students and community members ...