Rights of Drivers and Passengers During Vehicle Stops When Police Stop a Vehicle, Can the Police Order the Driver to Exit the Vehicle? In Pa. v. Mimms (1977), the US Supreme Court held that when an automobile is lawfully stopped […]
Can Amazon Alexa and Other Virtual Assistants Be Used as Evidence? Virtual assistants such as Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, or Apple’s Siri have become increasingly popular. The number of active users of virtual assistants has been forecasted by Tractica, a […]
9th Circuit Court of Appeals Renders Open Carry of Firearms Legal On July 24, 2018, the US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals held in Young v. Hawaii that the Second Amendment of the US Constitution grants people the right to […]
Do Police Need a Warrant to Search Automobiles Parked on Private Property? Earlier this year in Collins v. Virginia, the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) addressed the issue of whether or not a police officer needs a warrant to search a […]
Supreme Court Decision Renders Sports Betting Legal In All 50 States: Professional And Amateur Sports Protection Act Deemed Unconstitutional The US Supreme Court has recently struck down The Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA). Previously, PASPA had forbidden sports […]
United States Supreme Court: “Crime of Violence” is Unconstitutional In 2015, the United States Supreme Court declared part of a federal law’s definition which included the term “violent felony” unconstitutionally vague. See Johnson v. United States, 576 U.S. ___, 135 […]
Ask any criminal defense attorney and they will tell you that one of the most common questions they get asked is “if the cops didn’t read me my rights, my case will be thrown out, right?” I’ve lost count of […]
Mental Illness Defined: A Roadblock to Mental Health Court Twenty years ago, mental health courts were all but non-existent. In fact, in 1997, there were as few as four mental health courts in the United States. Today, the number of […]
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