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

This article explains how new surveillance and biometric tech, like drones and facial recognition, challenge privacy rights.

In the 2013 U.S. Supreme Court case Maryland v. King, justices narrowly ruled that it was not a violation of a persons Fourth ...

Co-sponsor of two bills blocking unfettered access for Department of Natural Resources (DNR) game wardens on private acreage, Martin’s legislative fight is echoed by pending Open Fields lawsuits ...

Federated Mountain Clubs of New Zealand (FMC) is calling for the withdrawal of the Fast-track Approvals Amendment Bill (the Bill) in a submission to the Environment Committee. FMC warns that the Bill ...

An appeals panel found GPS monitoring of boats, implemented as part of the state's fishing management plan, is a reasonable ...

The Federalist Society produced a webinar recently that I found fascinating, not only because I was a panelist. There was a marked divergence of opinion on Fourth Amendment law. I believe I know where ...

Hillsborough Mayor Bell joins 97.9 The Hill News Director Brighton McConnell on Tuesday, Nov. 25 to detail news around town.

Rep. Harriet Hageman voted Wednesday to repeal the recently enacted provision of law that allows eight GOP senators, ...

Texas voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved Proposition 15, the Parental Rights Amendment, with more than 72% in favor. The measure, which passed alongside all 16 other constitutional amendments ...

Former President Joe Biden vetoed a version of the bill repealing DC’s crime bill that passed both chambers of Congress on a bipartisan basis in 2023.