: The Digital FourthAmendment is written by Professor Orin Kerr, one of the country’s foremost authorities on the FourthAmendment, electronic privacy, and criminal procedure. Kerr’s work has been deeply influential in shaping how courts are looking at and deciding issues raised by law enforcement’s powerful and novel capabilities, thanks to technological changes. The postFourthAmendment Equilibrium Adjustment in an Age of Technological Upheaval appeared first on Harvard Law Review
: Police use of force continues to be a significant problem in American law and society. Recent discussions have focused on doctrinal issues such as what type of force is considered “reasonable” under the FourthAmendment and the propriety of qualified immunity as a defense that can shield law enforcement from civil litigation. However, there has been little commentary on how these and other legal questions might be informed by medicine — specifically, victim diagnoses that might effectively absolve officers from criminal prosecution or civil liability. The post Excited Delirium, Policing, and the Law of Evidence appeared first on Harvard Law Review