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The Supreme Court held that obtaining Google Location History data through a geofence warrant is a Fourth Amendment search. But Chatrie leaves probable cause, particularity, officer discretion, and good-faith questions for the lower courts.
The Supreme Court has not struck down 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). But after Wolford and Hemani, categorical lifetime disarmament of people with old, nonviolent convictions is getting harder to defend.
On June 30, 2026, the Supreme Court rejected President Trump's executive order limiting birthright citizenship, holding that children born in the U.S. to undocumented or temporarily present parents are citizens under the Fourteenth Amendment.
A sentence of one year and one day may sound longer than one year, but in federal prison it can qualify a person for Good Conduct Time and reduce actual time served to approximately 312 days.
Amendment 835 creates a more individualized federal supervised-release framework. Most importantly, it provides clearer guidance for modifying conditions and seeking early termination after one full year of supervision.
The Supreme Court now recognizes MVRA restitution as criminal punishment. But defendants still face a major procedural contradiction: ordinary restitution claims generally remain outside 28 U.S.C. § 2255.
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