Restore the FourthOn September 8, the Supreme Court issued a disturbing shadow docket order in Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo, a case dealing with ICE stops in Los Angeles County. The question at issue is whether a federal agent may rely in part on a person’s race or ethnicity as part of a Fourth Amendment analysis of when […]
Tattoos and “Terrorism-Aligned” Speech in the Second Trump Administration In a criminal context, the Fourth Amendment signals that the executive can’t just declare on its own authority that a person may be searched or seized. Instead, before seizing or searching, the executive has to swear to an independent court that the person is suspected of […]