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American 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…

The Center on Privacy and Technology at the Georgetown University Law Center held a discussion on location privacy and cell phones, following the Supreme Court ruling in Carpenter v. United…

The Center on Privacy and Technology at the Georgetown University Law Center held a discussion on location privacy and cell phones, following the Supreme Court ruling in Carpenter v. United…

Politico Pro technology reporter Ashley Hold discussed the Supreme Court’s ruling on June 22, 2018, in the Carpenter v. United States case, which determined law enforcement must get a…

Telephone lines and social media were open to take viewer calls and comments to the Supreme Court’s ruling on June 22, 2018, in the Carpenter v. United States case, which determined law…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Carpenter v. United States. The case concerns whether a search warrant is needed for law enforcement to gain access to a person’s cell phone location data…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Byrd v. United States. The case centers on whether drivers have a reasonable expectation of privacy while in a rental car they did not rent and are not…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Dahda v. U.S.. The case concerns twin brothers Los and Roosevelt Dahda who were convicted of leading an interstate drug conspiracy in Kansas. In gathering pre-trial…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in United States v. Microsoft Corporation, a case dealing with warrant compliance and email contents stored abroad. The federal government got a…

Law 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…

Professors 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…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Collins v. Virginia, which concerns warrantless searches and the extent of the Fourth Amendment’s automobile exception. Police are permitted to search a vehicle…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in District of Columbia v. Wesby, a case concerning the Fourth Amendment and probable cause arrests. Theodore Wesby was one of several people initially…

Panelists debated law enforcement access to secured customer data. They focused on the 2016 Apple-FBI encryption dispute over whether technology companies should be required to help the government…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Hernandez v. Mesa, a case on whether constitutional protections can extend past U.S. boundaries. More specifically, at issue was whether the family…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in the consolidated cases Ziglar v. Abbasi, Ashcroft v. Abbasi and Hasty v. Abbasi, which concern whether Arabs and Muslims detained for immigration…

Brent Skorup talked about the Supreme Court’s decision to hear a major cellphone privacy case.

Historians talked about the history of people’s rights to privacy and explore the tensions between privacy, freedom of the press, convenience, and national security. They also discussed how…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in County of Los Angeles v. Mendez, which involves the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal’s “provocation rule” that police officers who use force not deemed excessive…

FBI Director James Comey spoke at a dinner held in his honor by the Intelligence and National Security Alliance. He outlined the FBI’s strategy priorities and the ongoing tension between…