Supreme Court accepts police questioning case
The Supreme Court in recent years has acknowledged technology's effects on Americans' privacy. In 2014, the court held unanimously that police must generally get a warrant to search the cellphones of people they arrest. Other items people carry with them may be looked at without a warrant, af...
In a ruling that adds to police powers in investigating rape, the Supreme Court of Canada says police have the right to take a penile swab from suspected attackers, forcibly if necessary, as long as they do so in a private cell and have reasonable grounds to believe they will find ...
A third case involved a Tennessee man, Alexander Baxter, who was bitten in the armpit by a police dog after surrendering to Nashville police who responded to a report of a residential burglary. The dog was released by one of the officers, Spencer Harris, after Baxter sat on the ground and...
Byron R. White was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (1962–93). Before taking up the study of law in 1940, White achieved a national reputation as a quarterback and halfback on the University of Colorado football team, earning the
A former Virginia police officer on Wednesday became the first January 6 defendant to receive a reduced sentence after the Supreme Court narrowed the scope of an obstruction charge used against Jan. 6 rioters. The Supreme Court in June made it more difficult to charge the defendants with obstruct...
While the trial court held Seo in contempt, an appeals court reversed that decision. The Supreme Court's Tuesday ruling could have wider implications for law enforcement. Although federal authorities largely have theability to unlock iPhones, local police departments may not. In some...
The Supreme Court seems likely to preserve access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year, in the court’s first abortion case since conservative justices overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago. 2 of 13 | The Supreme Court is consi...
While the public debate over American policing has been roiling for months, a quieter debate has been playing out at the Supreme Court, which is now refining some of the rules that govern police conduct across the country. During the court’s current term, which concludes at the end of Jun...
The US Supreme Court is considering a case that could change the broad immunity from prosecution federal officers have while performing their duties.