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Orin Kerr

What Orin Kerr thinks about America

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Professor of law at Stanford, formerly a computer crime prosecutor at the US Justice Department, and the author of The Digital Fourth Amendment. Blogs at The Volokh Conspiracy about search and seizure law and computer crime.

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  1. Our readingA federal officer can violate the Fourth Amendment and the victim still have no way to sue, because the Bivens remedy has been cut back to almost nothing.

    Their wordsEven if the policy is unconstitutional, as it seems to be, a person who is illegally searched probably can't sue ICE for violating their constitutional rights.

    ↗Can ICE Enter a Home To Make an Arrest With Only an Administrative Warrant?reason.com 2nd of 3 in this piece

  3. Our readingThe original remedy for an unlawful government entry was an ordinary trespass suit against the officer, and losing it took the teeth out of the Fourth Amendment.

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    Their wordsBack when the Fourth Amendment was enacted, the most fundamental remedy for an unlawful government entry into your home was a civil suit for trespass against the officers.

    ↗Can ICE Enter a Home To Make an Arrest With Only an Administrative Warrant?reason.com 3rd of 3 in this piece

  4. 5 weeks earlier

  5. Our readingWhether the Fourth Amendment protects the terms you type into a search engine is a genuinely close question.

    Their wordsDoctrinally, either answer is at least plausible; even under my own take of what Carpenter means, it's not an easy call.

    ↗Are There Fourth Amendment Rights in Google Search Terms?reason.com 1st of 2 in this piece

  6. 9 months earlier

  7. Our readingApplying the old Fourth Amendment rules unchanged to digital evidence would gut its protection over time.

    Their wordsBecause of the way computers happen to work, sticking with the old rules would mean gutting Fourth Amendment protection over time.

    ↗The Idea of My New Book, The Digital Fourth Amendment—and Why It Mattersreason.com 2nd of 2 in this piece