ARRESTED for Telling Trespasser to Get Off Porch (BOGUS Warrant)
Podcast (deep-dive): Play in new window | Download
The Constitution requires a warrant before police can search you or your property. But what if that warrant is based on third-hand information? That’s what happened to IJ client Michael Mendenhall, and it happens across America every day.
We recently spoke with IJ attorneys Patrick Jaicomo and Jared McClain to discuss how warrants are often just rubber stamps, and what IJ is doing to fix that.
Related Cases
4th Amendment Project | Immunity and Accountability | Private Property
Mendenhall v. Denver
The Fourth Amendment requires that warrants be supported by “oath or affirmation” but that requirement means almost nothing today because of a decades old Supreme Court decision. Michael Mendenhall’s case could revive the original meaning…
Immunity and Accountability | Private Property | SWAT Destruction
North Carolina SWAT Destruction
A North Carolina family is seeking to hold SWAT teams accountable for raiding the wrong home in April 2024.
Recent Episodes
The Scrappy Squad on a Mission to Free Cities
You shouldn’t need a law degree to start a barber shop, but entrepreneurs across the country face steep fees, delays, and confusing requirements before they […]
Listen NowFeds' Surveillance Scandal: "Cash me if you can"
A new financial surveillance dragnet is sweeping up ordinary cash transactions at small businesses near the US-Mexico border. The federal government has placed onerous new requirements on […]
Listen NowJudges: Activist, Minimalist, or Something Else?
You might think constitutional lawsuits work like this: Find an unconstitutional law, challenge it in court, and if the law is truly unconstitutional, the court […]
Listen NowFBI Raids Wrong House - No Remorse for Victims
In 2017, FBI agents, with guns drawn and a flashbang grenade, burst into the Atlanta home of Trina Martin, her then seven-year-old son Gabe, and […]
Listen Now