On AlterNet: fourth amendment

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Should Drug Dogs be Allowed to Sniff Around Outside Your Home? Florida Supreme Court Decides

Phillip S. Smith, Drug War Chronicle. January 9, 2012.

The court will consider the case of Joelis Jardines, who was arrested after a Florida police officer's drug dog sniffed his front door and alerted to the odor of marijuana.

'The Most Humiliating Experience I Have Ever Had' -- Why Is the Supreme Court So Callous About Privacy?

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. May 9, 2009.

A teenage girl is strip-searched and gets snickered at by old men in robes for challenging it -- what's so funny about the Fourth Amendment?

Following Public Outcry, Senate FISA Vote Postponed

True MajorityJune 26, 2008.

Congress thought granting immunity to phone companies that violate our rights was a good idea. Tens of thousands of their constituents disagreed.

Government May Have Massive Surveillance Program for Use in "National Emergency"

Satyam Khanna, ThinkProgress. May 20, 2008.

During a national emergency, an illegal surveillance program may classify up to 8 million Americans as "enemies of the state."

Memo Shows Bush Administration Says to Hell With Fourth Amendment Rights

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. April 10, 2008.

News that the Bush administration threw out the Fourth Amendment after 9/11 is a sobering reminder of the lawlessness of its spying program.

'The Blueprint That Led to Abu Ghraib'

The Progress ReportApril 8, 2008.

The Department of Justice memo released last week is a chilling -- and revealing -- look at the Bush administration's torture policy.

How Bush Gained the Power to Spy on You without Security Justifications

Aziz Huq, TheNation.com. August 9, 2007.

The Bush Administration has successfully forced on Congress a law that largely authorizes open-ended surveillance of Americans' overseas phone calls and e-mails. How did they do it?