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Border Searches & Digital Devices: Case List (2017)
NACDL has compiled a resource of district court cases that deal with the border search exception and digital devices, with special attention paid to challenges to digital searches after the landmark Riley v. California decision. The case list accompanies a primer to educate attorneys about the implications of CBP's claimed powers and offer strategies that will help them comply with their ethical obligations and responsibilities to their clients when entering the U.S.

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Mail Cover Surveillance: Problems and Recommendations (2015)
A Report by NACDL’s Fourth Amendment Advocacy Committee Reporter, Steven R. Morrison

What's Old is New Again: Retaining Fourth Amendment Protections in Warranted Digital Searches (2014)
(Pre-Search Instructions and Post-Search Reasonableness)
A Report by NACDL’s Fourth Amendment Advocacy Committee Reporter, Steven R. Morrison

Electronic Surveillance & Government Access to Third Party Records (2012)
(Adopted by the Board of Directors February 19, 2012)

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  1. The Champion
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    March/April 2025

    What are the evidentiary implications of field sobriety tests in marijuana cases? Does the odor of marijuana give officers probable cause to search a vehicle?

  2. Amicus Brief
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    Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP v. Executive Office of the President

    Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and New York Council of Defense Lawyers as Amici Curiae in Support of Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment.

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    Nation’s Defense Bar Reiterates Opposition to Actions Against Law Firms – Washington, DC (March 18, 2025)

    The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) remains deeply concerned over recent executive orders targeting law firms, most recently Paul Weiss and Perkins Coie, and repeats its call to uphold the right to counsel and the independence of the legal profession. Despite a ruling blocking the action against Perkins Coie, the administration has continued to target law firms representing disfavored clients and positions, threatening the right to a zealous defense.

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