In its landmark decision in Riley v. California, 573 U.S. ___, 134 S. Ct. 2473 (2014), the Supreme Court addressed for the first time the question of whether the police may conduct a warrantless search of digital information stored on a cell phone of a person who has been arrested; ...

Reading this case, it is really hard to decide which part of the Government’s actions were more painfully embarrassing: its mortifying and pathetic inability to guard and defend a building in Oak Ridge, Tenn., where its stored highly enriched uranium materials - or its vindictive attempt to then prosecute three ...

U.S. v. Thompson, 777 F.3d 368 (7th Cir. Jan. 13, 2015) (Judge Richard A. Posner)
U.S. v. Sewell, 780 F.3d 839 (7th Cir. March 13, 2015) (Judge Michael S. Kanne)

These two decision reflect a growing judicial recognition that “supervised release as it is designed and administered has turned out ...

U.S. v. Thompson, 777 F.3d 368 (7th Cir. Jan. 13, 2015) (Judge Richard A. Posner)
U.S. v. Sewell, 780 F.3d 839 (7th Cir. March 13, 2015) (Judge Michael S. Kanne)

These two decision reflect a growing judicial recognition that “supervised release as it is designed and administered has turned out ...

In this 97 page blockbuster decision at the intersection of politics, the Constitution and America’s War on Terror, the Second Circuit has ruled that the National Security Agency’s (NSA) once secret, but giant, bulk metadata telephone collection program (herein the “telephone metadata program”) is illegal because it exceeds the scope ...

Under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), it is unlawful for a person who has been convicted of a felony to possess a firearm. The question raised by the instant case was whether that prohibition categorically prevents a court from approving a convicted felon’s request, under Rule 41(g) of the Fed.R.Crim.P. or ...

In this case, a unanimous Supreme Court tightened the rules for allowing federal prisoners to file lawsuits without paying filing fees. It did so by adopting a narrow interpretation of a provision in the Prison Litigation Reform Act (“PLRA”) which grants in forma pauperis status (“IFP”) to Federal prisoners who ...