Category Archives: Constitutional Law
WHAT IS A GEOFENCE SEARCH WARRANT?
Before a search warrant will issue, Fourth Amendment jurisprudence requires that it be supported by a probable cause affidavit—a sworn written statement that 1)…
Motion to Suppress in Texas: Purpose, Objectives, Impact, and Benefits
A motion to suppress is one of the most powerful pretrial tools available in a Texas criminal case. Authorized under Chapter 28 of the…
Lawyers and Federal Judiciary Stand Up in Defense of Constitution
Referring to King George III of Britain, this nation's Declaration of Independence said: "A prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which…
ICE Arrests: Free Speech, Freedom of Press Under Attack
The arrest and detention of Tufts University graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk raises significant First Amendment and free press concerns. Ozturk's case has been described…
Federal Government Uses Deportation to Chill Free Speech
On March 25, 2025, 30-year-old Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk was effectively kidnapped by masked, plainclothes police officers on a street in a suburb…
Court Finds Fourth Amendment Applies to FISA Queries of U.S. Persons
In September 2011, Agron Hasbajrami, an Albania native and permanent U.S. resident living in Brooklyn, New York, was arrested at JFK airport as he…
Justice Clarence Thomas Belittles Evidence of Actual Innocence of Man Condemned to Death
Richard Glossip was convicted and sentenced to death for being a party to the January 6, 1997, murder of an Oklahoma City motel owner.…
“Custodial Interrogation Environment” Does Not Trigger Need for Miranda Warning
Miranda v. Arizona, probably the most recognized case in U.S. Supreme Court jurisprudence, has been controversial since it was published in 1966. For more…
Message to the President in Defense of the Legal Community
On March 6, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued an executive order that amounts to an illegal broadside assault against a prominent Seattle, Washington,…
Standard for Cell Phone Search Warrants Remains Uncertain
Before his death, Brent Tapp lived in a homeless encampment near downtown Houston. In August 2017, Tapp was shot in the leg with a…
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