An 83-year-old woman who was held at gunpoint and handcuffed after her car was wrongly reported as stolen can sue the officers responsible, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled earlier this m...
Tag: fourth amendment
Supreme Court To Decide If IRS Can Secretly Access Bank Records
Fresh off a new injection of $45 billion to ramp up its enforcement efforts, the IRS is calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to allow its agents to secretly obtain financial records, without ever notifyi...
Nevada Supreme Court Upholds The Right To Sue The Government, Blocks Qualified Immunity
In a landmark decision late last month, the Nevada Supreme Court unanimously ruled that victims of wrongful searches and seizures have the right to sue the responsible government officials. Just as cr...
Supreme Court Needs To Close Loophole That Lets New York Cops Seize Guns Without Warrants
Thanks to a little-known loophole, lower federal courts have regularly written the government a blank check to search homes and seize firearms from lawful gun owners without a warrant. One of those ow...
Restoring Balance To The Crypto Universe
spheres with message DEFI in front of a brick wall background – 3d illustration getty On Tuesday I had the privilege of participating in Crypto Wars: Balancing Privacy versus National Security, ...
Arkansas Cop Who Threatened To Tase An Innocent Mom Faces New Legal Challenge
An Arkansas police officer who received legal immunity after holding two innocent boys at gunpoint and pulling a Taser on their mother when she tried to deescalate the situation now faces a new legal ...