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Exigent circumstances and searches under the Fourth Amendment
The Supreme Court has long protected the home against nonconsensual government entry absent a judicial warrant, but it has recognized categorical exceptions—most notably exigent or emergency circumsta...
Under current law and Supreme Court precedent, the government generally may not make a nonconsensual entry into a home without a judicial warrant; narrowly defined exceptions permit warrantless entry ...
Courts have repeatedly held that warrantless entries by law enforcement — and by extension ICE — are defensible under exigent‑circumstance doctrine only when specific, articulable facts create an obje...
may forcibly open a car door only when the action is justified by consent, a warrant, probable cause or an exigent (emergency) circumstance such as officer safety or imminent danger; absent one of tho...
held that an overnight guest has a reasonable expectation of privacy in the host’s home sufficient to challenge a and arrest there, extending the protection afforded to homeowners to certain non‑owner...
(445 U.S. 573 ) holds that, absent , the prohibits police from making a warrantless, nonconsensual entry into a suspect’s home to effect a routine felony arrest, drawing “a firm line at the entrance t...
) must generally rely on a judicial warrant to enter private homes, but law and agency guidance recognize three narrow paths that can justify warrantless entry: consent, a valid statutory authority fo...
Federal immigration arrests are constrained by the Fourth Amendment: ICE generally may not force its way into private homes or the non‑public areas of businesses without a judicial (criminal) warrant,...
Prosecutors seeking "passive viewing records" — video or audio captured by cameras or devices that record without active user interaction — face a patchwork of constitutional standards, federal and st...