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The U.S. Supreme Court will decide if using a drug-sniffing dog on a minor traffic stop is considered unreasonable search and seizure.
Read More →After 15 years, the Supreme Court is revisiting the issue of how old a murderer must be to receive a death sentence for his crime. The Court is reviewing the case of Christopher Simmons, who was 17 when he killed a woman in 1993 by hogtying her and throwing her into a river to drown.
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A new Supreme Court ruling expands officers’ vehicle search capabilities.
Read More →Justices of the Supreme Court have agreed to review the extent to which police can search homes without violating individual constitutional rights.
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The U.S. Supreme Court recently considered whether it was permissible under the Fourth Amendment for law enforcement officers to locate witnesses to a fatal hit-and-run accident by setting up a checkpoint to stop vehicles.
Read More →The question of how to reconcile the problem of online child pornography with the danger of excessive censorship has again reached the Supreme Court.
Read More →In a recent ruling, the Supreme Court outlined limits on the government’s authority to forcibly administer medications to make defendants fit to stand trial.
Read More →Police officers can now use tracking devices to trail suspects. The issue up for debate now in Washington state is whether police should need a warrant to do so.
Read More →The Bush administration has told the Supreme Court that it believes the Constitution protects an individual's right to possess firearms. This is a first. It reverses decades of Justice Department policy.
Read More →The Supreme Court struck down a congressional ban on virtual child pornography Tuesday, ruling that the First Amendment protects pornography or other sexual images that only appear to depict real children engaged in sex.
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