Abandoned Property Doctrine: Can Police Search Your Phone, Bag or Car? Learn When You Really Lose Your Privacy
Learn when police can search “abandoned” phones, bags, and cars without a warrant — and how to prove an item
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Trash Pulls & Greenwood: Can Police Dig Through Your Garbage? Learn When Curbside Searches Cross the Line
Understand when police can search your trash at the curb, what Greenwood allows, and how to protect privacy and challenge
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Thermal Imaging & Kyllo: Can Police Scan Your Home With High-Tech Gadgets? Learn When Surveillance Becomes an Illegal Search
Learn how Kyllo reshaped Fourth Amendment rules on thermal imaging and what today’s surveillance tech can (and cannot) do to
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Sobriety & Border Checkpoints: Can Police Stop and Question You Without Cause? Know Your Rights Before the Next Roadblock
Understand when sobriety and border checkpoints are lawful, what officers can demand, and how to challenge unconstitutional stops. If you
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Inventory Searches: When “Safekeeping” Lets Police Search Your Car or Bag — And How to Challenge an Illegal Inventory
Learn when police can inventory vehicles and property without a warrant — and how clear policies protect rights and evidence.
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Vehicle Searches Under the Carroll Doctrine: Can Police Search Your Car Without a Warrant? Know the Limits Before Your Next Traffic Stop
Learn when police can search your vehicle without a warrant under the Carroll doctrine and how to defend your rights.
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K-9 on the Porch Is a Search: Florida v. Jardines Explained
Jardines baseline: a dog sniff at a home’s door is a search Florida v. Jardines (2013) holds that taking a
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Dog Sniffs & Traffic Stops: The Rodriguez Timing Rule Explained
Dog sniffs during traffic stops: the Fourth Amendment baseline Two Supreme Court pillars govern canine sniffs in traffic stops. First,
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Community Caretaking After Caniglia: No Free Pass for Home Entry
Community caretaking after Caniglia v. Strom: where the doctrine begins and ends The Supreme Court’s 2021 decision in Caniglia v.
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Search Incident to Arrest: What Police Can Search on You and in Your Car
Search incident to arrest (SITA): core rule and purposes Search incident to a lawful arrest allows officers to conduct a
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