During a traffic stop, the balance of power tilts sharply toward the officer, but that power is not unlimited. Courts and ...

By the time you see flashing lights in your rearview mirror, the most important decisions about your traffic stop have usually already been made. Long before you pull onto the shoulder, an officer has ...

Most states have “one-party consent” laws for surveillance, such as wiretapping. If one party to a conversation knows about the recording, it’s legal.

The Fourth Amendment protects us from being stopped, searched, or detained by police without good reason. But over the years, courts have dramatically weakened those protections when it comes to cars ...