Protecting humans from search and seizure in a Sanctuary City

There are legal advocates and activists in Sanctuary Cities who think that under the Fourth Amendment all searches and seizures of persons in the United States require the state actor to seek and obtain a warrant, supported by probable cause, signed by a judge, before the search or seizure occurs. The current legal reality is……

What Fourth Amendment?

The below list uses currently binding federal and New York State law.  The Fourth Amendment has so many exceptions to the requirement by the State to seek a warrant based upon probable cause, that a crime has been committed or is about to be committed;  such warrant signed by a judge, whenever the state wants……

On search and seizure, sometimes

Did you know the Constitution gave you, once, freedom from unreasonable search and seizures, the government was required to get a warrant signed by judge, based on probable cause, before it could execute a search. Then if the government actor wanted to talk to you, by the same Fourth Amendment privilege, he had to tell……