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Watered Down Property Seizure Bill Moves Forward

3 days ago | ij.org | Chad Blair

House Bill 126 was intended to require a conviction before property forfeiture is allowed. Lawmakers are backing away from requiring someone be convicted of a felony before seizing their property. A conference committee is expected to take up the issue one more time Monday. But last week they significantly watered down House Bill 126, which would have made it harder for law enforcement to take vehicles, houses, currency and other valuables as part of an investigation.
One nation, under watch: Williamsburg leads Hampton Roads in Flock camera deployment rate

1 week ago | ij.org | Peter Dujardin

Member of Zizian group says she did not kill her parents
Bootleggers, Cops, and Cars: How Driving Became a Privacy Trap

1 week ago | ij.org | Tonya Riley |Jorja Siemons |Cassandre Coyer |Reilly Stephens

Chief Petty Officer Lee Schmidt was stuck in morning traffic en route from Norfolk, Va., to his job in Virginia Beach when he first noticed the “weird little camera” outside a CVS: an automated license plate reader. Schmidt began seeing the cameras everywhere after that first sighting in late 2023—outside banks, near schools, and “just to get on the interstate” heading to work. “You cannot dodge these,” said Schmidt, now retired from his Navy electronics technician job.
Game Wardens Can Surveil Private Land with Trail Cams. But That’s Now Being Challenged in Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court

1 week ago | ij.org | Dac Collins

A lawsuit filed by two Pennsylvania hunting clubs against the state’s Game Commission has now reached the State Supreme Court. The court heard oral arguments Wednesday about the case, which revolves around 4th Amendment rights and whether game wardens should be allowed to search posted private lands without a warrant or probable cause. In most U.S. states, game wardens have this power under the Open Field Doctrine.
Pennsylvania Supreme Court to rule on warrantless searches for private land owners

2 weeks ago | ij.org | Hayden Thompson |Tim Durkin

PENNSYLVANIA (WTAJ) — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday surrounding whether state game wardens should be allowed to walk onto posted private property to regulate game laws. Attorney Joshua Windham, who represented both the Punxsutawney Hunting Club and Pitch Pine Hunting Club, argued in front of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that clubs are private places where game wardens have “destroyed” the privacy that clients pay for.
Third Cir. Focuses on ‘Public Rights’ in DOL Judges Dispute (1)

2 weeks ago | ij.org | Andrew Kreighbaum |Jay-Anne Casuga

A Third Circuit panel zeroed in Thursday on whether enforcement of a seasonal work visa program falls under an exception to a US Supreme Court ruling limiting the power of agency judges to impose monetary penalties. The case brought by a New Jersey farm tests the constitutionality of the administrative law judge system at the US Labor Department, one of several agencies defending their in-house jurists from legal attacks by employers like SpaceX and Walmart Inc.
Two PA hunting clubs take fight against warrantless land searches to state Supreme Court

2 weeks ago | ij.org | Baylee Wojcik

Even if you have a “No Trespassing” sign, there’s a chance your private land can be searched without a warrant. On Wednesday, two Clearfield County hunting clubs spoke in front of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to fight for the protection of all private property. “When you're out there, you feel like you're on a private area, able to enjoy it and not be looking over your shoulder.
Government critic considers suing Iowa’s Decatur County over free speech threat

2 weeks ago | ij.org | Jared Strong

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. A rural Iowa county's effort to silence a frequent critic — by threatening a lawsuit against the retired school nurse — might have backfired. Rita Audlehelm, a rural Decatur County resident in far southern Iowa, is considering her own lawsuit for an attempt to stifle her constitutionally protected free speech.
Martin vs. United States: Supreme Court To Review Federal Court Ruling Blocking Woman’s Lawsuit Over Wrongful FBI Raid

2 weeks ago | ij.org | Stacy Jackson

A 2017 FBI raid on a Georgia family’s home sparked a case that is now headed to the Supreme Court after agents barged into the wrong residence and held an innocent person at gunpoint. It was October 2017 when FBI agents tore the doors off of Curtrina Martin’s home and handcuffed her then-fiancé, Toi Cliatt, at gunpoint inside her bedroom. According to Reason, Martin’s house was the wrong address, and her partner was not the man FBI agents were looking for.
Which firms, legal groups, law profs signed briefs supporting Perkins Coie in challenge to punitive Trump order?

2 weeks ago | ij.org | Debra Cassens Weiss

Home Daily News Which firms, legal groups, law profs signed… Law Firms Which firms, legal groups, law profs signed briefs supporting Perkins Coie in challenge to punitive Trump order?