Gerstmann: Supreme Court Will Decide Whether Police Can Enter A Home To Seize Guns Without A Warrant

UPDATE (June 23, 2021): SCOTUS Refuses ‘To Print a New Permission Slip for Entering the Home Without a Warrant’“We are not eager—more the reverse—to print a new permission slip for entering the home without a warrant,” declared Justice Elena Kagan in Lange v. California. Kagan was joined by Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, Neil Gorsuch,…

FL Sen. Jeff Brandes files bill requiring search warrant for electronic devices

Florida state senator Jeff Brandes (R), has filed SB 144 (2021), which would require a warrant, supported by probable cause, for the search of the content, information, and communications of cellular phones, portable electronic communication devices, and microphone-enabled household devices (i.e. Amazon’s Echo, Google Home devices, etc.). The intent of the legislation is to protect…

FL State Sen. Jeff Brandes files electronic device privacy protection bill

Florida state senator Jeff Brandes (R), has filed SB 1256, which would require a warrant for the search of the content, information, and communications of cellular phones, portable electronic communication devices, and microphone-enabled household devices (i.e. Amazon’s Echo, Google Home devices, etc.). The intent of the legislation is to protect your privacy regarding these devices…

Court Rules Warrantless Cell Phone Tracking Violates Fourth Amendment

Source: The Intercept: Court Rules Warrantless Cell Phone Tracking Violates Fourth Amendment Jenna McLaughlin Aug. 5 2015, 4:40 p.m. A divided appellate court panel in Richmond, Virginia, ruled on Wednesday that citizens do not give up their privacy rights just because their mobile-phone providers know where to reach them. The decision is the strongest assertion of the Fourth…

Santa Rosa County deputies entered private property without warrants

Santa Rosa County, Florida According to a statement on the Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office (SRSO) Facebook page, deputies recently conducted random warrantless entries into citizens’ private property (read the full statement below). Deputies entered people’s vehicles without a warrant. According to the SRSO statement, deputies walked through “various subdivisions” and “did open some citizen’s car doors…