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Newsby Staff WriterApril 17, 2013

Supreme Court Requires Warrant for DUI Blood Tests

The United States Supreme Court required officers to obtain a warrant before drawing blood from a suspected drunk driver in a decision announced Wednesday.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 26, 2013

Supreme Court: K-9 Search Violated Home Privacy

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of a marijuana grower's privacy rights Tuesday, when a majority of justices decided a Florida K-9's alert outside a home resulted in an unconstitutional arrest.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 5, 2013

Supreme Court To Hear Case of Gamblers Who Sued DEA Agent

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to identify the appropriate venue for professional gamblers to sue a federal agent who seized their money at an airport.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 25, 2013

U.S. Supreme Court Considers Death for Sheriff's Killer

The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether a Kansas man's Fifth Amendment self-incrimination rights were violated when medical testimony was used to convict him of killing a sheriff.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 19, 2013

Supreme Court Limits Detention Powers In Searches

Suffolk County (N.Y.) Police detectives who detained two suspects, while officers searched a dwelling exceeded the scope of their search warrant, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 19, 2013

Supreme Court Validates K-9 Search

A Florida police dog's alert at a traffic stop that led to a van driver's conviction on drug charges established probable cause for the search, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.

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Articlesby Devallis RutledgeFebruary 5, 2013

Consent Searches

Warrantless searches are presumed to be unreasonable, but the U.S. Supreme Court has acknowledged that a warrantless search may still be reasonable under the Fourth Amendment if it falls within the guidelines of one or more of a limited number of exceptions.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 10, 2013

Warrantless DUI Tests Head To Supreme Court

Supreme Court justices showed unease Wednesday about letting police without a search warrant draw a blood sample from an unwilling drunken-driving suspect, but they also expressed sympathy for the urgency faced by officers in such traffic stops.

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Inside the Badge by Devallis RutledgeDecember 27, 2012

Obama's Election Victory and the Supreme Court

What is the likely consequence of the re-election of Barack Obama with respect to judicial appointments, as they bear on law enforcement and public safety issues? In our business, we're trained to look for the clues. There are plenty of those to examine.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 26, 2012

High Court Shrugs Off Police Taping Ban

The U.S. Supreme Court signaled its approval of citizen recording of police officers by rejecting an Illinois prosecutor's appeal for enforcement of an anti-eavesdropping law.

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