July 31, 2026: Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) filed an amicus brief in Leslie v. City of New York, a case in which the New York Police Department (NYPD) secretively took the DNA of Shakira Leslie, a Black woman, from a water cup she used while handcuffed without her consent or knowledge. Leslie’s DNA was then unknowingly placed on...

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Dasha Litvinova of AP reports: < Russia’s main domestic security agency said Wednesday that Pavel Durov, founder and owner of the messaging app Telegram, has been charged with aiding terrorism and put on an international wanted list. The charges against Durov, who was born and  began his career in Russia  but later moved abroad, came as...

Here’s another one of those rulings where you’re not surprised, but you wish it had been otherwise. As seen on FourthAmendment.com: Scrolling through defendant’s cell phone was a reasonable border search. United States v. Eta, 2026 U.S. App. LEXIS 19568 (7th Cir. July 6, 2026): Indeed, we agreed with the First Circuit’s determination that “warrantless electronic...

Chris Smith writes: Incognito Mode is an internet browsing mode that most web browsers support to allow the user to visit websites without leaving traces on the computer, like browsing history. It’s a useful tool for visiting specific websites on a shared computer, or for testing websites and services in a different browser. However, Incognito...

Meredith Lee Hill, Jordain Carney, and Mia McCarthy report: Hill Republican leaders are finding themselves in a never-ending crisis over the fate of a government spy law that has unleashed a bitter, intraparty battle within the House while also threatening to derail a host of other GOP priorities. Republicans now have scant legislative days to...