Supreme Court urges safeguards in bill stripping prosecutors of investigative powers

The Supreme Court just embraced an incoherent theory of presidential power

Last month, the Supreme Court majority issued a pair of opinions that take a bold swipe at the constitutional power of Congress to enact laws limiting presidential power at the behest of the voting public. It did so while tossing to the wind, once again, the right-wing justices' purported adherence to conservative principles of judicial...

Supreme Court rules broad cellphone location data sweeps require warrants

The case involving a Virginia bank robbery is the latest example of the justices wrestling with how to apply constitutional protections to new technology.

Attorney-General accuses gov't of undermining ‘principles of rule of law’ by disregarding High Court ruling

Attorney-General accuses gov't of undermining ‘principles of rule of law’ by disregarding High Court ruling

Supreme Court rules that ‘geofence warrants’ are a Fourth Amendment search, remands case

The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that when law enforcement used what’s called a “geofence warrant” to obtain evidence to convict a man in a 2019 bank robbery case, they conducted a search under the Fourth Amendment. The 6-3 ruling sends the case back to lower court for it to consider if the search was []...Click to read more

Your Phone Data Belongs to You

A Supreme Court ruling protects us from government surveillance but should have gone even farther.