Legal experts testified about the Justice Department’s practice of accessing the data of journalists, elected leaders, and private citizens. Microsoft Vice President of Customer Security and Trust Tom Burt…
1,260 viewsColumbia Law School Professor Sarah Seo talked about her book, Policing the Open Road: How Cars Transformed American Freedom. In this presentation, Professor Seo focused on a chapter in the…
84 viewsFollowing the end of the Civil War, the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments were passed - each addressing the rights of the formally enslaved. Michael Bellesiles, author of Inventing Equality:…
170 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument in United States v. Gary, a case on criminal law and the scope plain-error review for defendants who plead guilty to firearms possession and whether…
802 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument in Caniglia v. Strom, concerning Fourth Amendment rights and whether police may invoke the “community caretaking” exception to the warrant requirement when conducting a warrantless…
4,470 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument in United States v. Cooley, a case on whether a tribal police officer has authority to detain a non-member on Indian land. The Court on June 1, 2021,…
2,441 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument in Lange v. California, a Fourth Amendment case on whether an officer without a warrant has probable cause to enter a home while pursuing a misdemeanor…
2,813 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument in Brownback v. King, a case on Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) claims from a man wrongfully identified as a criminal suspect and beaten by federal…
2,799 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument in Torres v. Madrid, a case concerning the Fourth Amendment and illegal seizure of a person. Roxanne Torres was driving under the influence of drugs…
3,440 viewsAmerican University lecturer Aaron Bell taught a class about privacy laws and federal surveillance of civil rights leaders. He described the mid-20th century creation of the Counter…
1,229 viewsLaw professors Jeffrey Rosen and Jamil Jaffer talked about the 1967 Supreme Court case Katz v. United States, which concerned Charles Katz, a bookie recorded by the FBI transmitting illegal bets from a…
13,592 viewsProfessors Carolyn Long and Renee Hutchins talked about the 1961 U.S. Supreme Court case Mapp v. Ohio, in which the court applied, via a 5-4 decision, Fourth Amendment protection against…
32,755 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument in Hernandez v. Mesa, a case regarding constitutional protections beyond U.S. boundaries and whether the parents of a Mexican national can sue a border patrol…
958 viewsSujit Raman, Justice Department associate deputy attorney general, and former FBI General Counsel James Baker spoke with “The Communicators” while attending the annual “State of the Net”…
520 viewsA government official and artificial intelligence experts testified at a hearing on private sector use of facial recognition technology and the potential privacy and security implications…
2,003 viewsThe Cato Institute hosted a day-long conference on government surveillance and privacy issues. This portion included a series of remarks by experts covering various topics, such as the…
152 viewsThe Cato Institute hosted a day-long conference on government surveillance and privacy issues. This portion included a discussion with members from the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight…
312 viewsThe Cato Institute hosted a day-long conference on government surveillance and privacy issues. This portion included a panel discussion analyzing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act…
202 viewsThe Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on reauthorizing the USA Freedom Act, which bans the bulk collection of private records. Among the witnesses testifying were officials from the FBI,…
1,715 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument in Kansas v. Glover, a case concerning police traffic stops and the Fourth Amendment protection against unlawful stops and searches. A Kansas sheriff’s deputy on routine patrol saw a…
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