Law360 (April 8, 2026, 3:09 PM EDT) -- On April 27, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear argument in Chatrie v. U.S., a Fourth Amendment case that could become an important marker in the court's effort to ...
A crucial question of Fourth Amendment law has recently divided courts: When government agents conduct a digital scan through a massive database, how much of a "search" occurs? The issue pops up in ...
We close our series on the new Roberts Court and restoration of the Constitution’s original understanding with the issue most distant from the Framing: the rise of a new high-tech world. We now hold ...
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court handed down its long-awaited ruling in Commonwealth v. Kurtz today, on whether there are Fourth Amendment rights in Google search terms. Among the seven Justices, three ...
It’s been a few years since the Supreme Court heard a major Fourth Amendment case. That will change next month when the justices hear oral arguments in Chatrie v. United States on the government’s use ...
Tracey Maclin is a law professor at the University of Florida Levin College of Law. In 1760, the most powerful government on the globe initiated a crackdown on illegal imports by American colonists ...
Like many an incautious criminal, Okello Chatrie was nabbed because of his telephone use. The Virginia armed bank robber wasn’t tracked down based on wiretaps, logs of traditional landline calls, ...
Legal theory continues to lag behind the realities of modern technology, leaving Americans’ private data vulnerable to agencies’ expansive powers.