Roger L. Stavis writes: With so much of our modern lives contained within our computers, what is the distinction between a "general warrant" authorizing a "rummaging" search through someone's ...

If you read a lot of search warrants, you may have noticed something odd about the standard search warrant form. Search warrants command the officer to conduct the search. They don't just authorize ...

Pressuring news organizations to reveal confidential sources chips away at press freedom, writes Syracuse University free speech expert. It also can devastate lives.

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- In a landmark ruling on privacy in the digital age, the U.S. Supreme Court said Wednesday that law enforcement searches of cellphones require a search warrant. The Supreme Court ...

The circuit split might just persuade the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the matter, breaking its now six-year hiatus from hearing Fourth Amendment cases. In the span of two months, the Fourth and ...

A groundbreaking empirical analysis of Utah’s electronic warrant system shows judges approving search warrants at alarming speeds — half of all decisions happen in just over three minutes, and 1 in 10 ...