Fish, the Fourth Amendment, and the Scope of Consent

It's always a pleasant surprise to see legal disputes that involve fish for nonsensical reasons, particularly fish-related disputes that...

Forget Stop-and-Frisk: The Trump Supreme Court's True Threat to Fourth Amendment Protections

When discussing the Fourth Amendment under Trump's upcoming presidency, commentators tend to remain fixated on Trump's remarks in wh...

Oakland's Resistance to Mass Surveillance: Would it Play Out the Same Way Today?

The BBC has this interesting article on an attempt by the City of Oakland, California to adopt a wide-ranging surveillance system, and the ...

In Washington, Your Trash is Private, But Not Your Abandoned DNA

So reports the Seattle Times: Seattle’s ordinance allowing garbage collectors to look through people’s trash — to make sure food scraps are...

Criminal Charges Against Man Who Shot Down Drone Dismissed

So reports the Wall Street Journal Law Blog , taking note of this story from Wave 3 News  about a Kentucky man who shot down a drone that he...

Aerial Surveillance, Intrusiveness, and the Fourth Amendment

Eugene Volokh has this post at the Volokh Conspiracy highlighting the recent case of State v. Davis in the New Mexico Supreme Court. In th...

California Governor Vetoes Drone Trespass Bill

So reports the LA Times : Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday vetoed legislation to restrict the use of drones over private property. The legislat...

Google to Remove Revenge Porn Images from Search Results

From the BBC : Victims of revenge porn will be able to put in requests to Google to take down content from search results.  The images will ...

XKCD on Drone Regulation

Regular readers of this blog should know that I am interested in state and federal regulation of drones. It therefore shouldn't be a sur...

New Florida Law Restricting Private Drone Use

Florida's governor recently signed S.B. 766, a bill that expands and clarifies restrictions on drone use listed in section 934.50, Flori...

North Dakota's New Law Restricting Law Enforcement Drones

North Dakota's governor recently signed this bill  (H.B. 1328) restricting the government's use of drones, which makes North Dakota ...

Guilty Verdict in San Diego Revenge Porn Case

NBC San Diego has the story here . From the report: A San Diego man was found guilty Monday of 27 felony counts for creating a so-called rev...

Fourth Amendment Standing and Familial DNA Searches

DNA technology that identifies people based on their genetic profiles is an effective tool for solving crime. DNA can exonerate those who ar...