Golden Gate Legal Review publishes commentary and analysis on the constitutional and statutory questions moving through the federal courts and the California legislature — privacy and the Fourth Amendment, housing, criminal justice, immigration, labor, and the law of emerging technology. The Review offers analysis, not legal advice.
The Supreme Court’s ruling in National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Comm'n redefines the boundaries of campaign finance regulation under the First Amendment.
A geofence warrant searches a crowd to find a suspect, inverting probable cause and particularity. How Carpenter, the Chatrie circuit split, and the Supreme Court's June 2026 decision settle whether the acquisition is a search — and what the Court left open.
| Case / Bill Reference | Subject | Status | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chatrie v. United States (No. 25-112)U.S. Supreme Court · Argued Apr 27, 2026 | Privacy | DECIDED | 06.29.26 |
| Cal. AB 1157 (Affordable Rent Act)Cal. Assembly · Judiciary Cmte | Housing | FAILED — DIED IN COMMITTEE | 01.31.26 |
| Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act (H.R. 4639)U.S. Congress · H.R. 4639 (118th) | Privacy | PASSED HOUSE 2024 · REINTRODUCED 2026 | 04.17.24 |
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Chatrie and the Geofence Warrant the Supreme Court Just Judged
Chatrie v. United States, No. 25-112, was argued April 27, 2026 and is still undecided. Inside the geofence-warrant fight over the Fourth Amendment.
AB 1157 Stalls: California’s Rent Cap Holds for 2026
AB 1157 would have cut California's rent cap to 2% plus CPI, but it died in committee in January 2026. The existing 5%-plus-CPI cap under Civ. Code 1947.12 stands.
ACA 6 Returns Forced-Prison-Labor Question to the 2026 Ballot
California's ACA 6 would delete the constitution's punishment exception after Prop 6 failed in 2024, as AB 247 raises incarcerated-firefighter wages to $7.25.
The Third-Party Doctrine Meets the Cloud
The third-party doctrine once seemed tidy: share information with a bank or a phone company, and you forfeit any expectation of privacy in it. Cloud computing has made that premise hard to sustain.