Probable cause is important in two aspects of criminal law: Police must have probable cause before they search a person or ...

Probable cause, standing alone, demands that government first say with a 51 percent certainty who holds the gum or where it is–which it can do. Of course, no sane jurist would forbid drastic action ...

I’ve got good news, and bad news. Two cases from Florida have brought the U.S. Supreme Court to two different conclusions regarding K-9 searches in 2013. One is an affirmation of existing practice, ...

Paul G. Summers, a lawyer, is a former appellate and senior judge, district attorney general, and the attorney general of Tennessee. The U.S. Constitution is the supreme law of America. Amendments are ...

U.S. law has long provided a border search exception to the Fourth Amendment warrant or probable cause requirement, allowing federal agents to search people, and their electronic devices, at border ...