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CA5: Use of “electronic memory devices” not overbroad and was limited by the subject matter of the search warrant

FourthAmendment.com - News - Tue, 2024-11-26 23:34

The use of “electronic devices” and “electronic memory devices” in the search warrant was not overbroad because it had to be interpreted in terms of the last limiting phrase, to locate an alleged missing person. Child pornography was found. United States v. Triplett, 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 11987 (5th Cir. June 13, 2012):

Triplett lists some of the wide variety of devices with electronic memories. He argues that the warrant description was overbroad. We find limiting guidance for the officers in the warrant. It stated that the objects were relevant "to locate Kaila Morris," informing the officers that the proper electronic memory devices were those on which information on her location could be preserved. The arguably vague terms were among a list of other items to be seized described in greater detail. The warrant called for the seizure of "all articles of clothing of Kaila Morris, bed sheets, electronic devices, electronic memory devices, cell phone, DNA, hand digging and cutting tools, vehicles, and utility vehicles." See 2 LaFave, Search and Seizure § 4.6(d), at 628 (4th ed. 2004) (noting that a general reference "at the end of a list of specific items may be upheld on the theory that the language of a warrant is to be construed in light of an illustrative list of seizable items" (quotation marks and citation omitted)). The list was of evidence likely in Triplett's possession and relevant to his interactions with Kaila Morris, who had just been reported missing. See United States v. Hibbard, 963 F.2d 1100, 1102 (8th Cir. 1992) (finding enough particularity when warrant "limited the search to locating Shelly Ramsey or any evidence relating to her").

By the numbers: Long-term unemployment

CNN - Politics - Tue, 2024-11-26 23:34
President Obama and presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney both spoke about the economy in Ohio Thursday. The twin moves by the dueling campaigns is a sign of just how important the economy and jobs will be in November's election. By the numbers, here's a look at long-term unemployment.
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Why We Should Use JLENS

TownHall.com - Columns - Tue, 2024-11-26 23:34
Wars of the future will be very different from wars of the past. Everyone gets that. What many do not grasp: The present war also is very different from wars of the past.2012-06-14T13:48:00-04:002012-06-14T20:40:03ZCliff May
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Obama: Lost President, Desperate Candidate

TownHall.com - Columns - Tue, 2024-11-26 23:34
This is the worst of times for President Obama. He’s a president on the ropes, up for re-election in the worst economy since the Great Depression with no successes to run on and a Supreme Court who may rule this month his signature initiative Obamacare is unconstitutional. And just when you think Obama can’t step into any more proverbial poop . . . well, he does.2012-06-14T13:11:00-04:002012-06-14T20:40:03ZCrystal Wright
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Nixon V Johnson

TownHall.com - Columns - Tue, 2024-11-26 23:34
One of my favorite controversialists is back, Bob Woodward, with his sidekick Carl Bernstein. Sunday in "The Washington Post," they wrote that Richard Nixon was more hideous than we have heretofore known. The 37th president conducted five wars while in office, according to the boys, and those do not even include his minor fracases, the Cold War against the Soviet Union and the Vietnam War. 2012-06-14T12:01:00-04:002012-06-14T20:40:03ZEmmett Tyrrell
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Holder floats 'Fast and Furious' deal with Congress

CNN - Politics - Tue, 2024-11-26 23:34
Facing a possible contempt vote by a House committee, Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday offered to release more records of a botched gun probe and proposed a quick face-to-face meeting with the committee's chairman.
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Supreme Court considering appeal over Arizona voter ID law

CNN - Politics - Tue, 2024-11-26 23:34
Justice Anthony Kennedy has put on hold a lower court's ruling invalidating Arizona's voter identification law.
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Bipartisan effort to weed out farm subsidies

CNN - Politics - Tue, 2024-11-26 23:34
The Senate is debating a farm bill that would end cash payments from the federal government to help manage the risk of farming -- payments which have been in place in one form or another since the Great Depression.
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Rare bipartisanship displayed in Senate

CNN - Politics - Tue, 2024-11-26 23:34
The new Senate farm bill is a bipartisan effort to cut the deficit, but what does it mean for farmers?
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John King answers your questions: What will it take for a Romney win?

CNN - Politics - Tue, 2024-11-26 23:34
John King answers viewers' questions submitted via Twitter on the presidential race and the JPMorgan losses
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High court mulls revisiting state campaign spending restrictions

CNN - Politics - Tue, 2024-11-26 23:34
Money in presidential and congressional campaigns has already reached record heights so far this election year, thanks in part to recent rulings by the Supreme Court and other federal judges that loosened long-standing restrictions on outside corporate spending.
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