DHS has authorized agents to enter the homes of noncitizens and make arrests without the kind of warrant mandated by the Fourth Amendment.

Suppose the police want to get illegal drugs off the streets. So they begin stopping pedestrians at gunpoint, shoving them against walls, frisking them, and searching their belongings. They also force ...

A crucial question of Fourth Amendment law has recently divided courts: When government agents conduct a digital scan through a massive database, how much of a "search" occurs? The issue pops up in ...

"Founding-era common law gave officers no authority to make an 'arrest without a warrant, for a mere misdemeanor not committed in [their] presence.'" On an early July morning, around 5 o'clock, two ...

As Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, agents continued to use aggressive and sometimes violent methods to make arrests in its mass deportation campaign, including breaking down doors in ...

This article explains how new surveillance and biometric tech, like drones and facial recognition, challenge privacy rights. Courts are increasingly scrutinizing when warrants are needed, balancing ...

Kevin Stocklin is a reporter on business and politics, and an award-winning writer/producer of documentary films. His work has been published in The Epoch Times, The Federalist, The Daily Signal and ...