Warrantless searches Archives

Morning Update: It’s Not Enough

October 6, 2026 The Morning Update

Today on the Morning Update, the son of an occasional ‘Grok contributor wins a 4th Amendment case against a local school district, but are there any other consequences for an illegal search than a legal settlement and an admission of guilt? Watch on the ‘Grok Rumble Channel if the Embedded Video does not load. Links … Read more

PAUL: Congress’s Failure Is Liberty’s Gain

June 19, 2026June 18, 2026 Ron Paul

Congress accidentally protected the American people’s liberty this week when it failed to extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Section 702 authorizes warrantless surveillance of foreign citizens. However, it has been “interpreted” by the FISA court to allow US intelligence agencies to wiretap conversations between a US citizen and a foreign … Read more

Homeowners Could Be Subjected to Warrantless Searches of Their Homes

December 19, 2024 John W. and Nisha Whitehead

Based on Mere Suspicion That a Probationer Lives Within The Rutherford Institute has called on the U.S. Supreme Court to protect homeowners from warrantless searches by police based merely on a suspicion that a person on probation or parole resides on the premises. Institute attorneys warn that if the Arkansas Supreme Court’s ruling in Bailey v. Arkansas is permitted … Read more

School Board Discusses Warrantless Searches on Homeschool Families

March 11, 2024 Steve MacDonald

Homeschooling is this awful, terrible thing where parents and guardians remove children from the failed public school experiment and (drumroll) teach them how to read and do math. A State’s AG has suggested allowing unannounced warrantless searches of homeschoolers… in the name of public safety.

The FBI Conducted 278,000 Illegal Warrantless Searches in One Year

May 23, 2023 Steve MacDonald

The best the FBI seems to be able to manage these days is that most of the agents are good, law-abiding folks; it’s just a bunch of bad apples at the top. Good luck with that, especially after a FISA Court report showed the agency “used warrantless search powers against U.S. citizens more than 278,000 times in the year ending November 2021.

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‘Public Health Trumps Everything’ Is ‘Cancel Culture’ in Disguise

October 16, 2021August 16, 2020 Ian Underwood

I finally got around to listening to President Trump’s Mount Rushmore speech, and pretty early into it, he said that ‘cancel culture’ is about driving people from their jobs, shaming dissenters, and demanding total submission from anyone who disagrees. This is the very definition of totalitarianism, and it completely alien to our culture and to … Read more

CACR 15 Being Heard Today in Concord on Warrantless Searches

January 23, 2020 Op-Ed

For Immediate Release January 22, 2019 Contact: 603-722-0501 House Testimony on Constitutional Amendment Regarding Protection of Information from Warrantless Searches. CONCORD – House Republican Josh Yokela (R-Fremont) issued the following statement before the House Judiciary Committee hears testimony on CACR15, a constitutional amendment to protect information from warrantless searches: “A foundational principle of limited government … Read more