Supreme Court validates phone tips; Police can act on calls alleging drunken drivingASSOCIATED PRESS
The Supreme Court has for weeksbeen weighingnumerous cases involving qualified immunity, the legal doctrine that protects government officials from lawsuits stemming from conduct on the job unless they violate "clearly established" constitutional rights. But qualified immunity for police officers, in partic...
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 ...
The case also had been closely watched for its potential to affect cases in which other gun ownership laws have been called into question, including in the high-profileprosecution of Hunter Biden. Biden’s son was convicted of lying on a form to buy a firearm while he was addicted to drugs...
The 5-4 opinion, written by Justice Antonin Scalia, restated the court's previous findings that a visual search of a home, without entry, is not a search and not restricted by the Fourth Amendment. But in adapting a principle first enunciated in the landmark Supreme Court case Katz vs. ...
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...
Supreme Court. Despite his liberal political background, White’s role on the court was generally described as moderate or relatively conservative. He dissented from many of the court’s liberal rulings, including Roe v. Wade (1973), which legalized abortion nationwide, and Miranda v. Arizona ...
Washington —The Supreme Court on Monday wrestled with the constitutionality of local laws that ban public camping in adispute over whether an Oregon city's rulesaimed at addressing homelessness violate the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment. ...
They should fill out the form which covers the subject matter, relevant laws, personal statements (optional–meaning how the judge thinks the question should be approached) etc. Based on our inquiries, questions can only be submitted to the next higher court. judges are also permitted to ask...
the court said that police cannot search a home when one resident invites them in but another tells them to go away. Last week, justices held a special re-argument to decide whether police armed with a search warrant can rush into a home without knocking and seize evidence for use at a ...