Tag: U.S. Constitution

By Steve Pomper My basic understanding, if somewhat simplified, of the federal-state balance regarding the U.S. Constitution’s supremacy clause is states can pass laws to provide more but not less protection than the federal ...

Enforcing prolonged stay-at-home orders and arbitrary restrictions issued by mayors and governors might be the greatest challenge in the history of American law enforcement. The orders arbitrarily restrict freedom and ...

Would you (peace officers) follow an order to search someone’s home unlawfully in violation of the Fourth Amendment? You have no search warrant, court order, exigency, parole or probation exemptions, ...

We have witnessed a wide variety of opinions regarding the role of law enforcement officers during the stay-at-home orders and other directives issued during the coronavirus pandemic. There is a ...