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Fourth Amendment
Looking back at the Mapp search decision
Note: Landmark Cases, C-SPAN’s new series on historic Supreme Court decisions—produced in cooperation with the National…
The Constitution and the Cleveland GOP debates
Among the topics covered in Thursday’s two GOP debates were several points about the Constitution. Here is a quick look at those…
Constitution Check: Does cellphone privacy follow its owner’s wanderings?
Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center’s constitutional literacy adviser, examines a case that has just arrived at the…
Cellphone privacy, the workplace and NFL superstar Tom Brady
The battle over NFL star Tom Brady’s suspension for tampering with game balls and obstructing an investigation is heading to…
Federal court’s butt-dialing decision no joking matter
A recent federal court decision about accidental cellphone dialing, known popularly as “butt dialing,” raises some interesting…
Facebook loses effort to block bulk search warrants against its users
If the police may have cause to search your Facebook account using a warrant, the popular social media service won’t be able to…
Constitution Check: Did hotel or motel guests just gain more privacy?
Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center’s constitutional literacy adviser, looks at how a Monday Supreme Court ruling…
Supreme Court rules in raisins, hotel privacy cases
The U.S. Supreme Court didn’t rule on its widely anticipated Obamacare or same-sex marriage cases on Monday, but it did issue…
USA Freedom Act signed, so what’s next for NSA spying?
President Barack Obama has signed the USA Freedom Act, which changes how the NSA spies on Americans citizens. So what are the…
NSA phone collection provisions expire, at least for a few days
As expected, Senator and presidential candidate Rand Paul blocked a last-second attempt on Sunday to pass a new law that contains…
