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Fourth Amendment
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Eighth Circuit considers constitutionality of electronic device border searches
The border search question has split federal circuits.
July 25, 2022
By
Gillian Vernick
and
Jenna Monnin
Categorized in
First Amendment
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Four years after US Supreme Court’s decision in Carpenter, a Fourth Amendment in disarray?
RCFP examines how lower courts have implemented the Supreme Court's 2018 decision in a case concerning location surveillance.
June 21, 2022
By
Grayson Clary
Categorized in
First Amendment
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Supreme Court asked to consider whether long-term pole camera surveillance constitutes search under Fourth Amendment
As the Reporters Committee has argued in the past, targeted, long-term surveillance threatens the First Amendment.
October 18, 2021
By
Gillian Vernick
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First Amendment
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How will Biden’s Justice Department handle thorny issues implicating technology and media law?
Attorney General Merrick Garland will confront cases involving WeChat and TikTok, as well as debates over Section 230.
March 15, 2021
By
Mailyn Fidler
Categorized in
Policy
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Police camera surveillance threatens First Amendment interests
Warrantless, long-term, targeted surveillance can chill newsgathering and impair the ability of reporters to guarantee source confidentiality.
February 22, 2021
By
Mailyn Fidler
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First Amendment
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The next legal battle (or three) over location tracking
A 2018 Supreme Court decision has not settled the law on the warrantless seizure and search of cell phone records.
November 9, 2020
By
Grayson Clary
Categorized in
Policy
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Fourth Amendment protects against warrantless seizure of cellphone location records, amicus brief argues
Today the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and a coalition of 19 other media organizations submitted a…
August 14, 2017
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Protecting Sources and Materials
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