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- 1From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsPresident George W. Bush signed the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 ("USA PATRIOT Act" or Act) on October 26, 2001. Section 213 of...
- 2From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsIn light of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization, some Members of Congress and commentators have expressed concerns that law enforcement officials may seek to collect...
- 3From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsUpdated April 1, 2021 Update: On March 23, 2021, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the tribal police search and seizure case covered in this post, United States v. Cooley. The case challenges a tribal police...
- 4From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsIn September 2015, United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents seized Gerardo Serrano's F-250 pickup truck at the U.S.-Mexico border for allegedly attempting to smuggle "munitions of war." CBP held the...
- 5From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsDecember 14, 2020 On November 20, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court added United States v. Cooley to the cases it will hear this term. Cooley brings into focus the jurisdictional maze complicating criminal law enforcement...
- 6From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsNovember 12, 2020 Congress has broad authority to regulate persons or items entering the United States, an authority that is rooted in its power to regulate foreign commerce and to protect the integrity of the nation's...
- 7From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsFacial recognition technology (FRT) is a biometric technology that compares two or more images of faces to determine whether they represent the same individual. Automated FRT is increasingly used by law enforcement to...
- 8From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsUpdated February 26, 2020 Update: On February 25, 2020, the Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the Fifth Circuit, holding that the Bivens theory cannot be extended to encompass an implied-cause-of-action for...
- 9From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsPolicy discussions around issues such as border security, drug trafficking, and the opioid epidemic include questions about illicit drug flows into the United States. While there are numerous data points involved in...
- 10From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsUpdated June 14, 2018 The Supreme Court recently announced its decision in Byrd v. United States. There, Pennsylvania police had pulled Byrd over "because he was driving with his hands at the '10 and 2' position on the...
- 11From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsJune 26, 2018 Facing a clash between two well-established Fourth Amendment doctrines--the primacy of the home in Fourth Amendment case law versus the "automobile exception" to the Amendment's warrant requirement --the...
- 12From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsOn October 2, 2017, the Supreme Court is to begin its new term. While the Court issued a number of notable decisions during its last full term, Court watchers have largely agreed that, at least compared to recent terms,...