This decision is somewhat of a hallmark in the rapidly evolving litigation involving the right of citizens to record police activities because, by holding that the First Amendment guarantees such a right, the Third Circuit joined with five other Circuits in so ruling. Thus, for the first time, half of ...

In the 07/10/17 issue of P&J, we noted that, in one of the final acts of its 2016-2017 Term, the Supreme Court declined to hear a significant Second Amendment case - namely Peruta v. County of San Diego, 824 F.3d 919 (9th Cir. June 9, 2016) (En banc) (P&J, 06/13/16). ...

The panel of judges in this case engaged in a heated debate about an intriguing question - namely, whether the deliberate and planned deception by the police officers in this case necessarily rendered the suspects’ consent to a search of their home involuntary.

As explained by Judge Pryor at the ...

We have previously noted a number of District Court cases that explored the validity of the Government’s use of a sweeping new type of search warrant known as a Network Investigative Technique (or “NIT”) Warrant. (See, for example, U.S. v. Levin, 186 F.Supp.3d 26 (D.Mass. May 5, 2016) and U.S. ...

This wrongful-detention immigration case presents a striking and disturbing illustration of the critical need for an overhaul of the patchwork of U.S. immigration laws and their uneven enforcement that leave even the U.S. judiciary powerless to correct a “grossly negligent” mistake that cost a U.S. citizen more than three years ...