But some opponents say these laws violate the Fourth Amendment, and are taking their complaints to the high court. The… Court rules search of businessman’s laptop at border ‘unreasonable ...

2024), decided several weeks earlier in August, two circuits wrestled with Fourth and Fifth Amendment challenges to government efforts to obtain individuals’ blockchain transaction data.

In 1783, Spain recognized the independence of the United States from Great Britain. In 1870, the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. It decreed that the right to vote shall not ...

A crucial question of Fourth Amendment law has recently divided courts: When government agents conduct a digital scan through a massive database, how much of a "search" occurs? The issue pops up ...

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Summers, retired judge and state attorney general. The Fifteenth Amendment was the last of three Reconstruction Amendments. The first two were ratified in 1865 and 1868, respectively. The 15th ...

On this day in history, Feb. 3, 1870, the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified — granting African American men the right to vote. The amendment declared that the "right of ...