Category Archives: Constitutional Law
Exception to 4th Amendment Supports Search of Cell Phone
The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution are collectively known as the Bill Rights. These original amendments guaranteed 8 rights to criminal defendants…
Federal Judge Starts Trial Without Defense Counsel, No Error
The Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees a criminal defendant the right to counsel at every critical stage of the proceedings against him…
The Right to Fair Trial Isn’t Perfect
The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides a criminal defendant with seven rights, three of which concern the right to a trial—right…
Can A Sitting President Be Indicted?
With the recent guilty plea of former President Trump’s campaign manager Paul Manafort, and his agreement to cooperate with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation…
Militarized Police Versus the First Amendment, Peaceful Protest
The militarization of law enforcement in the United States began in earnest in 1990 when Congress enacted Section 1208 of the National Defense Authorization…
Harris County Bail Reform Effort Receives Temporary Setback
Earlier this year we posted an article about a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decision that upheld much of a federal district court ruling…
Girlfriend Not Agent For 4th Amendment Purposes
For most cellphone owners, the pocket-size device has become their address book, photo album, personal journal, bank account, news source, calendar, social network, and…
Gorsuch Dissent in Cell Phone Case Portends Things to Come
During his confirmation for, and swearing in as, an associate justice to the U.S. Supreme Court, Neil Gorsuch vowed to be a servant to…
The Rule of Law Applies to All, Including the President
In 1947, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter in a concurring opinion of United States v. United Mine Workers said: “If one man can…
The Sanctity of The Home Reinforced by Second Circuit
The Sanctity of The Home Reinforced by Second Circuit The U.S. Supreme Court has for nearly six decades has recognized the fundamental Fourth Amendment…
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