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Digital Privacy
How the Court applies the Fourth Amendment and federal law to data, devices, and surveillance.
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- September 25, 2026ReadAdministrative LawDecided
Department of Homeland Security v. League of Women Voters
The Supreme Court stayed a lower court order that had blocked the federal government from using a modified voter-verification program involving Social Security Administration records.
- June 29, 2026ReadFourth AmendmentDecided
Chatrie v. United States
The Supreme Court ruled that police conduct a Fourth Amendment search when they use geofence warrants to obtain cell-phone location history data from companies like Google.
- June 22, 2026ReadFourth AmendmentDecided
United States v. Carter
The Supreme Court declined to review a case regarding whether a person's race should be considered when determining if a police encounter was a seizure.
- June 22, 2026ReadEighth AmendmentDecided
Saldaño v. Texas
The Supreme Court declined to review a Texas court's refusal to grant a hearing to a death-row inmate who claims he is intellectually disabled.
- June 22, 2026ReadCriminal ProcedureDecided
Grayson v. United States
The Supreme Court vacated a lower court ruling after the federal government admitted that a specific wiretap law does not include a 'clean-hands' exception for admitting illegal recordings.
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