5th Circuit v. Fourth Amendment

The federal appeals court gives law enforcement broad leeway for searches

"...that so-called protective sweeps can be compatible with the Fourth Amendment – if they intended to protect an officer..."

April 9, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Snowden Defends Fourth Amendment

'Would I do it again? The answer is yes.'

March 10, 2014 News Post by Michael King

Rehabbing the Fourth Amendment

Supremes draw a line on warrantless searches

April 21, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

Fourth Time the Charm?

Another shot in the Lege for hypodermic needle exchange

"...establish one-for-one anonymous hypo-needle-exchange program is back for a fourth shot at passage. The measure (SB 188) is intended..."

Feb. 27, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

Supremes to Consider School Strip Search Case

Was it unreasonable to check a 13-year-old student's bra for ibuprofen?

"...Now, whether the school violated the Fourth Amendment in conducting the search is the question before..."

April 21, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

Hunting Cybersex

What Fourth Amendment?

"...to validate search warrants. The result is that the Fourth Amendment (barring unreasonable searches) is "damaged," he says. "All..."

Aug. 17, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Letters at 3AM: An Arbitrary Nation, Part 2

Laws arbitrarily enforced (or not enforced) according to the whims of the authorities are no longer laws

"...On to the Fourth Amendment: "The right of the People to be secure..."

May 3, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

When an Emergency Is Not an Emergency

Supreme Court rules against Fourth Amendment protection

"...the purposes of pushing aside the provisions of the Fourth Amendment. "With at least equal probability, the unremarkable sound..."

May 18, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Porn Busters!

Investigators run roughshod over rights in hunt for cybersex offenders

"...and even search warrants -- and more importantly, the Fourth Amendment right to be free from unlawful search and..."

Aug. 17, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Weed Watch

Limbaugh gets caught with illegal Viagra; and U.S. Supreme Court rules that police violation of knock-and-announce rule isn't grounds for suppression of evidence seized

"...Court last month ruled that police violation of the Fourth Amendment's so-called knock-and-announce rule is not, in itself, grounds..."

July 14, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Point Austin: Dude, Let's Go Bowling

You can tell a lot about newspapers by what they don't cover

"...It was revealed that the Bush administration declared the Fourth Amendment of the Bill of Rights to be inapplicable..."

April 11, 2008 News Column by Michael King

APD Pot-Hunters Are Data-Mining at AE

Are you using 'too much' energy? Inquiring drug cops want to know.

"...marijuana growers appears to be a violation of the Fourth Amendment's protection against unlawful search and seizure. Importantly, he..."

Nov. 16, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Survivors Hit Back at City, County in Court

Plaintiffs hit back at motions to dismiss in sexual assault class-action suit

"...This, the filing argues, is a violation of the Fourth and Fifth Amendments, which protect against unreasonable search and..."

Oct. 19, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

A Conversation With John Dean

"...as the party of the Constitution. Any time Second Amendment rights come up, they're first on it. But the..."

July 25, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Letters @ 3AM

On September 28, key rights guaranteed by our Constitution, plus the central tenet of the Magna Carta, were nullified by an act of Congress – specifically, the Military Commissions Act of 2006

"...The Fourth Amendment guarantees a "speedy and public trial." But a..."

Oct. 13, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM: An Arbitrary Nation, Part 3

The Fifth Amendment no longer exists as a functioning law of the land

"...On to the Fifth Amendment: "No person shall be held to answer for a..."

May 17, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

About a Boy

On Aaron Swartz, the NSA, and the complicated story of digital reality

"...we care about in terms of civil liberties?" The Fourth Amendment that protects us against illegal searches and seizures..."

March 7, 2014 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

High School Ridicule

Dianne Feinstein gets testy with Ted Cruz

"...endeavor that we are contemplating doing to the Second Amendment, in the context of the First or Fourth Amendment?..."

March 15, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Point Austin: The Perps Walk

FISA, Congress, and the rule of law

"...George was talking about the recent congressional enactment of amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, amendments that both..."

July 18, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...Cmdr. James O'Leary alleging violation of their First and Fourth Amendment rights. The suit claims that Stefan Wray, Pam..."

Feb. 10, 2006 News Feature

Letters at 3AM

The collapse of the American political process in Election Year 2000 is both an event in itself and a world-class metaphor: The American Century is over.

"...Court declared that the city of Indianapolis violated the Fourth Amendment's prohibition against unreasonable searches -- that is, searches..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura

Supremes Stand for Individual Rights

Two new opinions from the high court check state powers

"...that the search ordered by the principal violated her Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable search and..."

June 26, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

Letters at 3AM: An Arbitrary Nation, Part 5

Our Bill of Rights guarantees are breaking down in state justice systems across the country

"...shunting aside international law, United States laws, the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against "cruel and unusual treatment," the Sixth Amendment's..."

July 12, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

Brave New Web

In the wake of Sept. 11 and the hard-line USA Act, the Internet has become a very unfriendly place for hackers.

"...provisions relate to minor criminals and people whose First Amendment activities might be deemed a threat to national security..."

Dec. 14, 2001 Screens Feature by Michael Connor

City Agrees to $2.25 Million Settlement in Fatal APD Shooting

Jason Roque killed during mental health crisis in 2017

"...that Harvel’s use of excessive force violated Jason Roque’s Fourth Amendment rights...."

Sept. 5, 2021 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Who's That Not Knocking On My Door?

It's the police, but you wouldn't know it

"...the city of San Antonio for violating the women's Fourth Amendment right to be free of unlawful search and..."

Feb. 20, 2014 News Post by Jordan Smith

The Hightower Report: Repeal the Patriot Act

Unlimited power invites abuse

"...dissembled, calling these massive and routine violations of the Fourth Amendment "modest intrusions" that are "worth us doing" to..."

July 26, 2013 News Column by Jim Hightower

Supremes Consider the Limits of Warantless Searches

The Supremes are back at work, and ready to tackle the drug war

"...that will ask them to weigh in on the Fourth Amendment and limits of police search powers...."

Oct. 6, 2008 News Post by Jordan Smith

Weed Watch: Goose Creek Police Geese

Nearly three years after police in Charleston, S.C., suburb made guns-drawn high school raid, ACLU announces federal court has approved 'landmark settlement with students who sued school officials and police

"...part, incorporates a federal consent decree reinforcing the students' Fourth Amendment rights...."

July 21, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Common Law

When can the police search my entire car?

"...belongings. Lucky for all of us, we've got the Fourth Amendment...."

Nov. 4, 2005 Column by Luke Ellis

1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9     NEXT ›    9 »