Unreasonable Expectations: A 4th Amendment Podcast

About Unreasonable Expectations: A 4th Amendment Podcast

The Fourth Amendment is having the fight of its life, and every week Unreasonable Expectations breaks down the search and seizure decisions that landed while you were in court. Host Jay Ruane, criminal defense trial lawyer and founder of The Criminal Mastermind, surveys the newest rulings from courts across the country, calls out the wins you can put to work in a case that same day, and flags the losses that could reach your pending files and reshape your case theory. No ivory tower. Plain language, real doctrine, and takeaways you can carry straight into your next suppression hearing. Built for working criminal defense lawyers, and for anyone who cares about where the line between you and the government gets drawn. New episodes every Monday.

Publisher

James O. Ruane

Category

government

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

10 Jul 2026

Latest episode

19 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

13 of 17 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   19 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Unreasonable Expectations: Week Ending "October 19, 2026"

   Attorney Jay Ruane, Juris 415988, reviews recent Fourth Amendment court decisions, offering insights into legal precedents for listeners.

2. 

   12 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Unreasonable Expectations: Week Ending "October 12, 2026"

   Attorney Jay Ruane, Juris 415988, analyzes recent Fourth Amendment court decisions, offering insights into legal precedents for listeners.

3. 

   5 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Unreasonable Expectations: Week Ending "October 5, 2026"

   Host Jay Ruane, Juris 415988, reviews federal circuit court Fourth Amendment decisions from the week ending October 5, 2026, offering insights into recent legal interpretations.

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   28 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Unreasonable Expectations: Week Ending "September 28, 2026"

   Host Jay Ruane, Juris 415988, reviews recent federal circuit court decisions impacting Fourth Amendment rights in this interview episode.

5. 

   21 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Unreasonable Expectations: Week Ending "September 21, 2026"

   Host Jay Ruane, Juris 415988, reviews recent federal circuit court decisions impacting Fourth Amendment rights, offering insights into legal precedents.

6. 

   14 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Unreasonable Expectations: Week Ending "September 14, 2026"

   Host Jay Ruane, Juris 415988, reviews recent federal circuit court Fourth Amendment decisions, offering insights into legal precedents.

7. 

   7 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Unreasonable Expectations: Week Ending "September 7, 2026"

   Host Jay Ruane, Juris 415988, reviews recent federal circuit court decisions impacting Fourth Amendment rights, offering insights into legal precedents.

8. 

   31 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Unreasonable Expectations: Week Ending "August 31, 2026"

   Attorney Jay Ruane, Juris 415988, reviews federal circuit court Fourth Amendment decisions from the week ending August 31, 2026, offering insights into legal precedents.

9. 

   26 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Unreasonable Expectations: Week Ending "August 26, 2026"

   Attorney Jay Ruane, Juris 415988, reviews recent Fourth Amendment decisions from federal circuit courts, offering insights into legal precedents.

10. 

    17 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Unreasonable Expectations: Week Ending "August 17, 2026"

    Attorney Jay Ruane, Juris 415988, reviews recent federal circuit court decisions impacting Fourth Amendment law, offering insights into legal precedents.

11. 

    10 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Unreasonable Expectations: Week Ending "August 10, 2026"

    Attorney Jay Ruane, Juris 415988, reviews federal circuit court decisions impacting the Fourth Amendment, offering insights into recent legal interpretations.

12. 

    3 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Unreasonable Expectations: Week Ending "August 3, 2026"

    Attorney Jay Ruane reviews recent federal circuit court Fourth Amendment decisions, offering insights into legal precedents for listeners.

13. 

    27 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT

    S2026:E31 Week of July 27, 2026

    Host Jay Ruane, Ruane Attorneys, Connecticut, analyzes seven federal circuit decisions redrawing Fourth Amendment boundaries for criminal defense practitioners.

14. 

    20 Jul 2026

    Unreasonable Expectations: Week Ending "July 20, 2026"

    Attorney Jay Ruane, Juris 415988, reviews recent Fourth Amendment court decisions, offering insights into legal precedents for listeners.

15. 

    14 Jul 2026

    Unreasonable Expectations: Week Ending "July 14, 2026"

    Attorney Jay Ruane, Juris 415988, reviews recent Fourth Amendment court decisions, offering insights into legal precedents for listeners.

16. 

    10 Jul 2026

    Episode 2: ALPR and Chatrie - Where do we go from here?

    Attorney Jay Ruane explores the constitutionality of automatic license plate readers, interviewing himself on both sides of the debate to clarify legal standing post-Chatrie v. United States.

17. 

    10 Jul 2026

    Episode 1: Chatrie v. United States (The Day Your Phone's Location History Became a Search)

    Host Jay Ruane, Esq. explains the Supreme Court's decision in Chatrie v. United States, revealing how acquiring Google Location History constitutes a Fourth Amendment search, offering crucial insights for defense lawyers.

Inside a recent episode

Unreasonable Expectations: Week Ending "October 19, 2026"

Published 19 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] The going-arm laws disarmed people who engaged in threatening conduct, a conviction for terroristic threats, which under Pennsylvania law requires a threat to commit a crime of violence with intent to terrorize another, maps directly onto that tradition. So the government met its burden at the motion to dismiss stage simply by pointing to the elements of the predicate offense. The court explicitly declined to rule that all felony convictions justify disarmament. It drew a spectrum. At one end, Violent or threatening crimes speak for themselves in favor of disarmament. At the other end, crimes with no physical danger component, like the food stamp fraud at issue in range, speak for themselves against it. […]

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