Balancing The Scales: Reinstating Home Privacy Without Violence In Indiana,
2013
Indiana University Mauer School of Law
Balancing The Scales: Reinstating Home Privacy Without Violence In Indiana, Tyler Anderson
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
“Oh, It Is You, Is It?”: Closing The Door On Reasonable Resistance To Unlawful Police Entry In Indiana,
2013
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
“Oh, It Is You, Is It?”: Closing The Door On Reasonable Resistance To Unlawful Police Entry In Indiana, Jesse Drum
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Maryland V. King: Terry V. Ohio Redux,
2013
University of Florida Levin College of Law
Maryland V. King: Terry V. Ohio Redux, Tracey Maclin
UF Law Faculty Publications
In Maryland v. King, the Supreme Court addressed whether forensic testing of DNA samples taken from persons arrested for violent felonies violated the Fourth Amendment. The purpose behind DNA testing laws is obvious: collecting and analyzing DNA samples advances the capacity of law enforcement to solve both "cold cases" and future crimes when the government has evidence of the perpetrator's DNA from the crime scene. In a 5-4 decision, the Court, in an opinion by Justice Kennedy, upheld Maryland's DNA testing statute, and presumably the similar laws of twenty-seven other states and the federal government. Although Justice Kennedy's opinion suggests …
Random, Suspicionless Searches Of Students' Belongings: A Legal, Empirical, And Normative Analysis,
2013
University of Florida Levin College of Law
Random, Suspicionless Searches Of Students' Belongings: A Legal, Empirical, And Normative Analysis, Jason P. Nance
UF Law Faculty Publications
This Article provides a legal, empirical, and normative analysis of an intrusive search practice used by schools officials to prevent school crime: random, suspicionless searches of students’ belongings. First, it argues that these searches are not permitted under the Fourth Amendment unless schools have particularized evidence of a weapons or substance problem in their schools. Second, it provides normative considerations against implementing strict security measures in schools, especially when they are applied disproportionately on minority students. Third, drawing on recent restricted data from the U.S. Department of Education’s School Survey on Crime and Safety, it provides empirical findings that raise …
Students, Security, And Race,
2013
University of Florida Levin College of Law
Students, Security, And Race, Jason P. Nance
UF Law Faculty Publications
In the wake of the terrible shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, our nation has turned its attention to school security. For example, several states have passed or are considering passing legislation that will provide new funding to schools for security equipment and law enforcement officers. Strict security measures in schools are certainly not new. In response to prior acts of school violence, many public schools for years have relied on metal detectors, random sweeps, locked gates, surveillance cameras, and law enforcement officers to promote school safety. Before policymakers and school officials invest more money in strict security measures, this Article provides …
Maryland V. King: Per Se Unreasonableness, The Golden Rule, And The Future Of Dna Databases,
2013
Penn State Law
Maryland V. King: Per Se Unreasonableness, The Golden Rule, And The Future Of Dna Databases, David H. Kaye
Faculty Scholarship
In Maryland v. King, the Supreme Court applied a balancing test to uphold a Maryland statute mandating preconviction collection and analysis of DNA from individuals charged with certain crimes. The DNA profiles are limited to an inherited set of DNA sequences that are not known to be functional and that are tokens of individual identity. This invited online essay examines two aspects of an article on the case by Professor Erin Murphy. I question the claim that the case is pivotal in a conceivable abandonment of the per se rule that warrantless, suspicionless searches are unconstitutional unless they fall …
Pass Parallel Privacy Standards Or Privacy Perishes,
2013
Penn State Law
Pass Parallel Privacy Standards Or Privacy Perishes, Anne T. Mckenna
Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Can't Escape From The Memory: Social Media And Public Sector Labor Law,
2013
CUNY Hunter College
Can't Escape From The Memory: Social Media And Public Sector Labor Law, William A. Herbert
Publications and Research
The Web 2.0 communicative revolution is impacting many fields of law, including labor and employment law. This article focuses upon the application and impact of statutory and constitutional doctrines on the use of social media in public employment in the United States. As part of that analysis, it will compare and contrast developments under the National Labor Relations Act, state collective bargaining and tenure laws and the First Amendment concerning social media. Through this comparative analysis, the article will highlight the distinctions and similarities of public sector labor law and their implications for the future.
When Autonomous Vehicles Take Over The Road: Rethinking The Expansion Of The Fourth Amendment In A Technology-Driven World,
2013
University of Richmond
When Autonomous Vehicles Take Over The Road: Rethinking The Expansion Of The Fourth Amendment In A Technology-Driven World, Rachael Roseman
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
On a cool summer morning in upstate New York, a man sitting on his couch types in the coordinates to a warehouse in Virginia on his phone and presses “engage.” At that moment, the engine of a vehicle several miles away starts up, and the vehicle slowly backs out of the driveway. Without a driver or any occupants, the vehicle travels several hundred miles from the driveway in New York to the warehouse in Virginia. Meanwhile, the man who engaged the vehicle remains seated on his couch in upstate New York. The man has engaged an autonomous vehicle (AV), capable …
Back To The Future: United States V Jones Resuscitates Property Law Concepts In Fourth Amendment Jurisprudence,
2013
Forster & Johnson, Attorney-at-Law, LLC
Back To The Future: United States V Jones Resuscitates Property Law Concepts In Fourth Amendment Jurisprudence, Nancy Forster
University of Baltimore Law Review
No abstract provided.
Fighting Cybercrime After United States V. Jones,
2013
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
Fighting Cybercrime After United States V. Jones, David C. Gray, Danielle Keats Citron, Liz Clark Rinehart
Faculty Scholarship
In a landmark non-decision last term, five Justices of the United States Supreme Court would have held that citizens possess a Fourth Amendment right to expect that certain quantities of information about them will remain private, even if they have no such expectations with respect to any of the information or data constituting that whole. This quantitative approach to evaluating and protecting Fourth Amendment rights is certainly novel and raises serious conceptual, doctrinal, and practical challenges. In other works, we have met these challenges by engaging in a careful analysis of this “mosaic theory” and by proposing that courts focus …
Preserving Privacy In A Digital Age: Lessons Of Comparative Constitutionalism,
2013
Georgetown University Law Center
Preserving Privacy In A Digital Age: Lessons Of Comparative Constitutionalism, David Cole
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
In the modern age, we increasingly live our lives through, and accompanied by, digital media. Virtually every transaction or communication that uses such media, as well as every move of mobile phone owners, is recorded. Computers are able to store, transmit, and analyze the data as never before, drawing on multiple sources to construct an intimate picture of our interests, contacts, travels and desires. Private data-mining services, most often used for commercial advertising purposes, can determine: what we read, listen to, and look at; where we travel to, shop, and dine; and with whom we speak or associate. Meanwhile, social …
What Alex Kozinski And The Investigation Of Earl Bradley Teach About Searching And Seizing Computers And The Dangers Of Inevitable Discovery,
2013
University of Oklahoma College of Law
What Alex Kozinski And The Investigation Of Earl Bradley Teach About Searching And Seizing Computers And The Dangers Of Inevitable Discovery, Stephen E. Henderson
Faculty Articles
This paper tells two stories. One concerns the investigation of a Delaware physician named Earl B. Bradley that resulted in a conviction and sentence of fourteen consecutive life terms for the sexual abuse of children. The other concerns the computer problems, both judicial and extra-judicial, of Chief Judge Alex Kozinski of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Though in a sense unrelated, they share lessons about the practicalities of computers and their search that are worth telling. As courts continue to struggle with how to cabin the searches of computers in order to minimize privacy intrusion …
Search, Seizure, And Immunity: Second-Order Normative Authority And Rights,
2013
University of Oklahoma College of Law
Search, Seizure, And Immunity: Second-Order Normative Authority And Rights, Stephen E. Henderson, Kelly Sorensen
Faculty Articles
A paradigmatic aspect of a paradigmatic kind of right is that the rights holder is the only one who can alienate it. When individuals waive rights, the normative source of that waiving is normally taken to be the individual herself. This moral feature—immunity—is usually in the background of discussions about rights. We bring it into the foreground here, with specific attention to a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, Kentucky v. King (2011), concerning search and seizure rights. An entailment of the Court’s decision is that, at least in some cases, a right can be removed by the intentional actions of …
Real-Time And Historic Location Surveillance After United States V. Jones: An Administrable, Mildly Mosaic Approach,
2013
University of Oklahoma College of Law
Real-Time And Historic Location Surveillance After United States V. Jones: An Administrable, Mildly Mosaic Approach, Stephen E. Henderson
Faculty Articles
In United States v. Jones, the government took an extreme position: so far as the federal Constitution is concerned, law enforcement can surreptitiously electronically track the movements of any American over the course of an entire month without cause or restraint. According to the government, whether the surveillance be for good reason, invidious reason, or no reason, the Fourth Amendment is not implicated. Fortunately, that position was unanimously rejected by the High Court. The Court did not, however, resolve what restriction or restraint the Fourth Amendment places upon location surveillance, reflecting a proper judicial restraint in this nuanced and difficult …
Ensuring Miranda’S Right To Counsel Abroad,
2013
New York Law School
Ensuring Miranda’S Right To Counsel Abroad, David Henek '12
NYLS Law Review
No abstract provided.
Rehnquist's Fourth Amendment: Be Reasonable,
2013
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Rehnquist's Fourth Amendment: Be Reasonable, Craig M. Bradley
Articles by Maurer Faculty
"The Fourth Amendment: Be Reasonable," is a chapter in a book, The Rehnquist Legacy, published by Cambridge University Press in 2006. The book is a comprehensive legal biography of the Chief Justice in which leading scholars examine his legacy in diverse areas of constitutional law, including criminal procedure. This chapter examines Rehnquist's voluminous Fourth Amendment jurisprudence. While Rehnquist has not authored any single path-breaking case in this area, the chapter shows his success, across the board, in achieving his stated goal of calling a halt to the pro-defendant rulings of the Warren Court in the criminal procedure area. However, Rehnquist …
Passing The Sniff Test: Police Dogs As Surveillance Technology,
2013
University at Buffalo School of Law
Passing The Sniff Test: Police Dogs As Surveillance Technology, Irus Braverman
Journal Articles
In October 2012, the Supreme Court of the United States will review the case of Florida v. Jardines, which revolves around the constitutionality of police canine Franky’s sniff outside a private residence. Essentially, the Court will need to decide whether or not the sniff constitutes a “search” for Fourth Amendment purposes. This Article presents a review of the often-contradictory case law that exists on this question to suggest that underlying the various cases is the Courts’ assumption of a juxtaposed relationship between nature and technology. Where dog sniffs are perceived as a technology, the courts have been inclined to also …
Bright Lines, Black Bodies: The Florence Strip Search Case And Its Dire Repercussions,
2013
University at Buffalo School of Law
Bright Lines, Black Bodies: The Florence Strip Search Case And Its Dire Repercussions, Teresa A. Miller
Journal Articles
Part I is a brief history of Search and Seizure law, focusing on seismic doctrinal shifts that occurred from the 1950s to the present. As a framework for the important cases, the Founders’ concerns about abuse of governmental authority are discussed, as well as the rights protected by the Fourth Amendment. Various governmental programs will also be presented, such as the War on Drugs and its call for a large-scale federal anti-drug policy, first initiated by President Richard Nixon in 1969. Part II is a description of the central reasoning presented in Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders, including the …
The Dog Days Fourth Amendment Jurisprudence,
2013
Penn State Law
The Dog Days Fourth Amendment Jurisprudence, Kit Kinports
Faculty Scholarship
This Article discusses Florida v. Harris and Florida v. Jardines, the two Fourth Amendment drug dog opinions issued by the Supreme Court earlier this year. Together the cases hold that a narcotics detection dog effects a “search” when it intrudes on a constitutionally protected area in order to collect evidence, but that the dog’s positive alert is generally sufficient to support a finding of probable cause. The piece argues that both cases essentially generate a bright-line rule, thereby deviating from precedent that favored a more amorphous standard considering all the surrounding circumstances. Like many purportedly clear rules, the ones …
