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    The Third-Party Doctrine’s Next Chapter: Geofence Warrants at the Supreme Court

    March 20, 2026By Maxwell Gregg

    The Supreme Court has agreed to determine the legality of a new type of warrant: the geofence warrant.[i]  A geofence warrant allows law enforcement to identify which cellphones were in a particular area at the time of a particular crime.[ii] For example, police have issued geofence warrants to determine which phones were within a certain […]

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    From Accountability to Intrusion: Police Body-Worn Cameras and Constitutional Tensions in Florida Policing

    March 17, 2026By Jennifer Fanea

    What happens when a police officer activates his body-worn camera while responding to a disturbance at a private residence and weeks later, without the homeowner’s knowledge or consent, the owner learns that the footage of his living room, arrest, and emotional reactions was reviewed by officers and used to shape testimony? This commonplace inquiry illustrates […]

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    Song or Statement? d4vd’s Lyrics vs the Law

    October 20, 2025By Nadia Jordan

    The recent public conversation flooding news and social media outlets around singer d4vd, highlights how quickly song lyrics can become entangled with criminal suspicion.[i]  David Anthony Burke, professionally known as d4vd, is an American singer and songwriter whose rise to fame was largely shaped by online culture.[ii] He first gained attention by creating Fortnite gameplay […]

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    “Plain Smell” v. “Smell-Plus” Doctrine: Florida’s Indecisiveness in Establishing Probable Cause for Warrantless Searches

    October 16, 2025By Jennifer Fanea

    The Fourth Amendment grants people the right “to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures.”[i]  It also states that “no [w]arrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by [o]ath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”[ii] […]

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