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Bill Of Rights Nondelegation, Eli Nachmany

BYU Law Review

Speculation about the “revival” of the nondelegation doctrine has reached a fever pitch. Although the Supreme Court apparently has not applied the nondelegation doctrine to declare a federal statute unconstitutional since 1935, the doctrine may be making a comeback. The common understanding is that the nondelegation doctrine prohibits Congress from “delegating” legislative power to the executive branch. While the nondelegation doctrine may appear to be about limiting Congress, its ultimate target is delegation. But if the nondelegation doctrine is about policing delegation, then the Court has been regularly — and rigorously — applying the doctrine in a different context: In …

The Tesla Meets The Fourth Amendment, Adam M. Gershowitz

BYU Law Review

Can police search a smart car’s computer without a warrant? Although the Supreme Court banned warrantless searches of cell phones incident to arrest in Riley v. California, the Court left the door open for warrantless searches under other exceptions to the warrant requirement. This is the first article to argue that the Fourth Amendment’s automobile exception currently permits the police to warrantlessly dig into a vehicle’s computer system and extract vast amounts of cell phone data. Just as the police can rip open seats or slash tires to search for drugs under the automobile exception, the police can warrantlessly extract …

Searches Without Suspicion: Avoiding A Four Million Person Underclass, Tonja Jacobi, Addie Maguire

BYU Law Review

In Samson v. California, the Supreme Court upheld warrantless, suspicionless searches for parolees. That determination was controversial both because suspicionless searches are, by definition, anathema to the Fourth Amendment, and because they arguably undermine parolees’ rehabilitation. Less attention has been given to the fact that the implications of the case were not limited to parolees. The opinion in Samson included half a sentence of dicta that seemingly swept probationers into its analysis, implicating the rights of millions of additional people in the United States. Not only is analogizing parolees and probationers not logically sound because the two groups differ in …

Omg - Not Something To Lol About: The Unintended Results Of Disallowing Warrantless Searches Of Cell Phones Incident To A Lawful Arrest Comments, Parker Jenkins

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

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Quasi-Constitutional Protections And Government Surveillance, Emily Berman

BYU Law Review

The post-Edward Snowden debate over government surveillance has been vigorous. One aspect of that debate has been widespread criticism of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), alleging that the FISC served as a rubber stamp for the government, consistently accepting implausible interpretations of existing law that served to expand government surveillance authority; engaging in tortured analyses of statutory language; and ignoring fundamental Fourth Amendment principles. This Article argues that these critiques have entirely overlooked critical aspects of the FISC’s jurisprudence. A close look at that jurisprudence reveals a court that did, in fact, vigorously defend the interests customarily protected by …

Trespass And Deception, Laurent Sacharoff

BYU Law Review

Police routinely use deception to get into people’s homes without warrant or probable cause. They may pose as UPS delivery persons or homebuyers, or they may say they are looking for a kidnapping victim or a pedophile, when really they are looking for drugs or guns. Recent years have brought hundreds of reported decisions concerning such police ruses.

When the police lie about their identity or their purpose to enter a home, as when they pose as a homebuyer, the courts surprisingly, but routinely, approve these deceptions under the Fourth Amendment. Such intrusions, the courts reason, do not violate a …

Swearing By New Technology: Strengthening The Fourth Amendment By Utilizing Modern Warrant Technology While Satisfying The Oath Or Affirmation Clause, Andrew H. Bean

BYU Law Review

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An Unreasonable Expectation? Warrantless Searches Of Cell Phones, Michael V. Hinckley

BYU Law Review

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Social-Network Theory And The Diffusion Of The Search-And-Seizure Exclusionary Rule Among State Courts Between Weeks And Wolf, Laurence A. Benner, Robert Bird, Donald J. Smythe

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

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An "Objectively Reasonable" Criticism Of The Doctrine Of Qualified Immunity In Excessive Force Cases Brought Under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Philip Sheng

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

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Public Education And Student Privacy: Application Of The Fourth Amendment To Dormitories At Public Colleges And Universities, Bryan R. Lemons

Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal

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New Jersey V. T.L.O.: School Searches And The Applicability Of The Exclusionary Rule In Juvenile Delinquency And Criminal Proceedings, Bryan Stoddard

Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal

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Tase Me One More Time: An Analysis Of The Ninth Circuit’S Interpretation Of The Fourth Amendment, Qualified Immunity, And Tasers In Brooks V. City Of Seattle, Joseph G. Walker

BYU Law Review

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Stripped Of Meaning: The Supreme Court And The Government As Educator, Justin R. Chapa

Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal

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Is Big Brother Watching You? United States V. Pineda-Moreno And The Ninth Circuit’S Dismantling Of The Fourth Amendment’S Protections, Phillip R. Sumpter

BYU Law Review

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Bombed Away: How The Second Circuit Destroyed Fourth Amendment Rights Of U.S. Citizens Abroad, Carla Crandall

BYU Law Review

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Safford Unified School District #1 V. Redding: Why Qualified Immunity Is A Poor Fit In Fourth Amendment School Search Cases, Eric W. Clarke

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

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Flexing Judicial Muscles: Did The Ninth Circuit Abandon Judicial Restraint In United States V. Comprehensive Druge Testing, Inc.?, Allen H. Quist

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

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Incorporating Fourth Amendment Standards In A Model Policy For School Officials Use Of Force To Restrain & Detain Students, Sean Croston

Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal

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"Move On" Orders As Fourth Amendment Seizures, Stephen E. Henderson

BYU Law Review

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Excluding The Exclusionary Rule: Extending The Rationale Of Hudson V. Michigan To Evidence Seized During Unauthorized Nighttime Searches, Jeffiy R. Gittins

BYU Law Review

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Students' Fourth Amendment Rights And The Federal Judgeship: Examining The Link Between Political Appointments And Case Outcomes, Mario S. Torres Jr., Jacqueline Stefkovich

Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal

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Square Pegs, Round Hole: The Fourth Amendment And Preflight Searches Of Airline Passengers In A Post-9/11 World, Steven R. Minert

BYU Law Review

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Rights At United States Borders, Jon Adams

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

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Expanding Terry: Compulsory Identification In Hiibel V. Sixth Judicial District Court, Humbolt County , Trevor Hickey

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

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Warrantless Home Arrests And Police Liability Under Utah Law, Matthew Bell

BYU Law Review

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Change And Continuity: A Historical Perspective Of Campus Search And Seizure Issues, Dana E. Christman

Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal

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How Random And Suspicionless May School Searches Be?: Doubting Joy V. Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation, Jon Eskelsen

Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal

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Don't Rush To Abandon A Suspicion-Based Standard For Searches Of Public School Students, J. Nathan Jensen

BYU Law Review

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United States V. Hotal: Determining The Role Of Conditions Precedent In The Constitutionality Of Anticipatory Warrants, Brett R. Hamm

BYU Law Review

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