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Fourth Amendment

Jun 9, 2022

High court limits suing officials over rights violations

The Supreme Court on Wednesday limited when people can sue federal officials for a violation of their rights, siding with the government in a case involving the owner of a notorious inn on the U.S.-Canada border.

Dec 2, 2021

Abortion remarks by 9 court justices indicate how they lean

The Supreme Court heard arguments in which it was asked to overturn a nationwide right to abortion that has existed for nearly 50 years.

Jul 15, 2021

7th Circuit: Cat breeder’s Fourth Amendment rights not violated when 37 cats, house seized

An Illinois cat breeder's Fourth Amendment rights were not violated when authorities seized her home and her 37 cats, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday.

Jan 24, 2020

Supreme Court to decide if warrantless searches OK after OWI arrests

A case in front of the Wisconsin Supreme Court questions when police officers have reasonable belief to conduct searches without warrants after an arrest.

Nov 15, 2019

State Supreme Court raises questions about law allowing searches without consent

A Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling left some judges with questions about a law allowing law-enforcement officials to search people on probation, parole or extended supervision without obtaining consent or a warrant.

Jun 27, 2019

High court OKs no warrant blood draws in drunken-driver case

The Supreme Court says law enforcement officers can generally draw blood without a warrant from an unconscious person suspected of driving drunk or while on drugs.

Feb 14, 2019

Oral arguments set for Wisconsin case before SCOTUS

A criminal appeal challenging the constitutionality of Wisconsin's implied-consent statute will be argued in April before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Jun 22, 2018

Justices adopt digital-age privacy rules to track cellphones

Police generally need a warrant to look at records that reveal where cellphone users have been, the Supreme Court ruled on Friday in a big victory for privacy interests in the digital age.

Jun 22, 2018

Judge: Behavior by deputy negates huge pot bust

A North Dakota judge says that nearly 500 pounds of marijuana seized during a vehicle stop cannot be used as evidence because a county deputy did not have a good reason to be suspicious.

Jul 19, 2017

Republicans tell committee to restrict warden access

A legislative committee is preparing to consider a bill that would restrict conservation wardens' ability to enter private land to enforce Wisconsin law.

Mar 22, 2016

BENCH BLOG: Community caretaker function case highlights decline of high court

A majority of the Wisconsin Supreme Court justices expanded the contours of the community-caretaker exception to the Fourth Amendment's warrant requirement even while embarrassing themselves through the way they reached their decision.

Feb 12, 2016

BENCH BLOG: Apartment parking garage is not curtilage

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that a parking garage that lies beneath an apartment building and has locked entrances is not protected curtilage under the Fourth Amendment.

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