Regulating The Fourth Amendment Out of Existence

By: Dan McLaughlin (Diary)  |  March 21st at 11:00 AM  | 

The Fourth Amendment, which protects Americans from unreasonable searches and seizures and demands that judicial officers issuing search warrants do so only on a showing of probable cause, is an important guarantee of our civil liberties, designed to protect personal privacy – especially in the home – from random governmental snooping. The Fourth Amendment tends to get a lot of bad press because it is | Read More »

The Rule of Law And The Search For Terror

By: Dan McLaughlin (Diary)  |  November 24th at 07:23 PM  | 

Attorney General Mukasey’s fainting spell at his Federalist Society speech (and his heckling by a member of Washington’s state Supreme Court) have obscured an excellent speech on the Bush Administration’s approach to terrorism and the rule of law. It’s worth pondering in light of recent judicial developments, including from the Second Circuit (the federal appeals court sitting in Manhattan with jurisdiction over New York, Connecticut | Read More »