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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…

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…

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 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 Collins v. Virginia, Docket number 16-1027, which addresses warrantless searches and how far the Fourth Amendment’s automobile exception extends in order for such a…

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…

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

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…

Jennifer Mathis talked about a proposal to allow employers greater access to their employees' medical and genetic records and allow them to penalize those who do not participate in…

Reuters' Supreme Court correspondent Lawrence Hurley reviewed the previous day’s Supreme Court oral argument in Hernandez v. Mesa, which concerns the shooting death of a Mexican teenager,…

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral argument in Wikimedia Foundation v. National Security Agency, a case challenging the National Security Agency’s (NSA) mass interception and searching of Americans' international…

Panelists debated limitations of cyber hacking powers by the FBI and other law enforcement agencies. Recent rule changes to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure allow federal agents to search…

The Seventh Circuit Court reviewed a three-judge panel’s ruling that police can legally detain and search a person whose car is parked illegally. The dissenting judge in the 2-1 decision said the court was enabling…