Constitutional Law & Civil Rights

Pennsylvania has no general "stop and identify" statute, but the rules change the moment you slide behind the wheel. Here is what the law actually requires.

The instinct to pull away from an arrest you believe is illegal is human — and in Pennsylvania it is also a crime. The remedy for an unlawful arrest lives in a courtroom, not on the street.

"Anything I tell my spouse is privileged" is one of the most common misconceptions in Pennsylvania evidence law. The truth is more limited — and more interesting — than the myth.

Pennsylvania is a two-party-consent state — yet recording officers at work in public is generally lawful, and the First Amendment stands behind the person holding the phone.