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Lori Hoetger @profloriann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Long but very compelling read about Christa Pike and the murder she committed in the 90s insideofknoxville.com/2026/10/die-...

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Lori Hoetger @profloriann.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Finally get to see these ladies play in person! #gobigred

A volleyball match between the nebraska huskers and Missouri tigers

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Lori Hoetger @profloriann.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I am excited to present my paper, Surveillance Socialization, at the AALS Crim Pro Jr Scholars Virtual Conference today! My paper explores the mechanisms by which school surveillance can socialize youth to expect more gov surveillance & implications for 4th Amendment analysis.

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Lori Hoetger @profloriann.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Nebraska Law is hiring! I can attest Lincoln is a great place to be, with a friendly faculty & a stellar dean. Entry level & lateral, we need Property & Tax, plus a variety of other areas listed in the job ad. Please share with anyone who may be interested! employment.unl.edu/postings/102...

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Assistant/Associate/Full Professor

The University of Nebraska College of Law invites applications for entry-level and lateral candidates for multiple tenure-track or tenured faculty positions, depending on the candidate’s experience.Th...

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Lori Hoetger @profloriann.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I am SO excited that Tess has come home to UNL to lead the law-psych program. Tess was a post-doc when I was a grad student & has been such a leader in this field. She's going to do great things here!

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Lori Hoetger @profloriann.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Strike out in the fall submission cycle ➡️ adopt a puppy.

A golden puppy with white paws laying on a couch

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NACDL Fourth Amendment Center @4ac.nacdl.org · 21/08/2026

Sadly, this news doesn't 'shock' us. Aggressive police tech & surveillance in schools have become the norm for youth today. More on this topic in our forthcoming report, "Algorithmic Adolescence." apnews.com/article/shoc...

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Nebraska's largest school district asks police to stop using electric shock gloves on students

Omaha police agreed to stop carrying gloves that can deliver electric shocks in the halls of Nebraska's largest public school district.

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Lori Hoetger @profloriann.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

This is horrifying. A tentative makeup date in a month or transferring to the Feb bar administration will mean delaying employment, additional studying, more time away from family, plus potential travel. They definitely do deserve better.

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Andrew Guthrie Ferguson @profferguson.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Here are my 10 big takeaways from Chatrie – this term’s biggest Fourth Amendment case. The stakes were high. The US government argued that they could obtain any location data from anyone for any reason without a warrant. The Supreme Court rejected that argument. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

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Lori Hoetger @profloriann.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

7 cont: which, I may agree with, but I really don't see how his "traditional" approach is more clear or provides better answers to tech-based searches than the Katz test 8. Alito made a lot more sense in his Jones concurrence than whatever the hell went on here

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Lori Hoetger @profloriann.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

5. I would read this opinion to signal the search was unreasonable at least at the 2nd & 3rd stages, but that could be my personal bias. 6. The good faith exception issue might get very interesting, depending on how the lower court rules 7. Gorsuch really wants to jettison the Katz test...

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Lori Hoetger @profloriann.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

3. Retroactivity of surveillance seems key here, as it was in Carpenter. Big questions still exist on a) real-time location tracking, & b) non-location cell phone data, both historical & real-time 4. Kagan's explanation of "voluntarily" sharing data us very, very interesting & I want to dig in more

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Lori Hoetger @profloriann.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

People much smarter than I am have already given excellent commentary on Chatrie, but my thoughts: 1. This is a very good, well-reasoned op. Much better than I had anticipated. 2. It still leaves a LOT open &, like Carpenter, relies heavily on the exact tech at issue. (Cont)

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Orin Kerr @orinkerr.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

If you're a privacy advocate, Chatrie is just about the best possible outcome you could have expected. A ringing endorsement of Carpenter, and a broadening of its principles, all from this Court, thanks to Kavanaugh as the fifth vote? That's surprising.

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Lori Hoetger @profloriann.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Of COURSE I go to yoga and they release Chatrie

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Lori Hoetger @profloriann.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

"Justice Alito has 3 opinions." .... crap

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Lori Hoetger @profloriann.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

In true newbie fashion, I used the wrong hash tag. #LSASF2026

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Lori Hoetger @profloriann.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

If anyone is at #LawandSociety I'd love to connect! I'm presenting Surveillance Socialization on Friday at 4:45, discussing how school surveillance is socializing our youth & potential impacts on future 4th Amendment rights. I'd love feedback!!

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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I have a few words. I once worked for big law. I have Ivy League degrees. I now teach at a regional Midwest public law school. I can say with absolute confidence that my students are often brilliant, persistent, tenacious. And most of them do not work for big law.

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404 Media @404media.co · 18/05/2026

NEW: The FBI wants to buy access to automated license plate readers (ALPRs) nationwide, which would likely allow the agency to track the movements of vehicles—and by extension people—across the country without a warrant, according to FBI procurement records reviewed by 404 Media.

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The FBI Wants to Buy Nationwide Access to License Plate Readers

Only a couple vendors could likely fulfill what the FBI is after, namely Flock and Motorola.

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Orin Kerr @orinkerr.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

NEW ARTICLE: 4th Amendment law recognizes a buffer zone around the home—so-called "curtilage," that cops can't enter outside an "implied license." SCOTUS says this is intuitive & everyone knows the line. But is it? @mbkugler.bsky.social and I decided to ask people. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Orin Kerr @orinkerr.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Good morning, Fourth Amendment fans. I am going to be live-tweeting the Chatrie argument. Although the oral argument is formally scheduled for 10 eastern, they always do bar admissions 1st. Will start shortly. supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...

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Live Oral Argument Audio Live Oral Argument Audio

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Lori Hoetger @profloriann.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

My forthcoming article, Voluntary-ish? Psychology & Consent to Search, is now live on SSRN! I welcome any comments and thoughts on this paper. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

VOLUNTARY-ISH? PSYCHOLOGY AND CONSENT TO SEARCH

LORI A. HOETGER

Consent to search occupies a central place in Fourth Amendment doctrine, yet courts continue to evaluate voluntariness using a framework that assumes individuals can freely choose whether to consent during inherently coercive police-citizen encounters. Scholars have long criticized this approach, some even concluding that meaningful consent is impossible and calling for abolition of consent searches altogether. No United States jurisdiction, however, has taken that step. This Article offers a different path. It argues that voluntariness is not a binary concept but exists along a spectrum, and that the Fourth Amendment should require what I term “voluntary-ish” consent: choices made under conditions that include sufficient protections, given the coercive pressures of police encounters, to afford individuals a full and fair opportunity to decide. Drawing on psychological theory and empirical research, this Article explains how existing consent doctrine misunderstands human decision-making and why current safeguards are insufficient to protect citizens. Building on this analysis, this Article critiques leading scholarly proposals to reform or abolish consent searches and advances an original, psychology-informed framework for recalibrating constitutional consent. By identifying concrete, theory-backed protections that can move consent closer to the free-will end of the voluntariness spectrum, this Article demonstrates how courts and policymakers can better respect individual autonomy without unduly hampering law enforcement investigations.

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Lori Hoetger @profloriann.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Whenever I get angry about the Court's seizure doctrine, I always think of how CJ Roberts admitted during an oral arg that he has never been pulled over. The privileges just compound and compound.

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Lori Hoetger @profloriann.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

My week-between-classes-end-and-grading-starts reading has arrived!!!

The book, Your Data Will Be Used Against You: Policing in the Age of Self-Surveillance by Andrew Guthrie Ferguson

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Lori Hoetger @profloriann.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

It really sucks having to tell your kids the dog they grew up with passed away. That's twice this year. We'll miss you, Teddy Bear. You were a good boy ❤️

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Lori Hoetger @profloriann.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

But if it had worked, it would have been the play of the tournament!

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Lori Hoetger @profloriann.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

My husker husband just legitimately had a heart attack. Currently doing cpr.

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Lori Hoetger @profloriann.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

I was just informed that the current Boozer brothers are Carlos Boozer's sons and not his brothers like I assumed and I... am old.

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Lori Hoetger @profloriann.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

My crim pro students raised this exact scenario when we covered protective sweeps of a car. Now I'll have a case to use!

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Lori Hoetger @profloriann.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Update: I made the right choice in teaching adults. I need a nap.

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Lori Hoetger @profloriann.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Volunteered to chaperone my kid's field trip to the children's museum. Every elementary school in lincoln has a grade here today. The odds of me keeping track of 5 kindergarteners are getting smaller and smaller with each bus that drops off.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

My wife @lilianasegura.bsky.social went to Alabama prepared to witness an execution that would have defied any reasonable definition of justice. Instead, she got to see how a rare display of humanity from Alabama's governor gave life to a condemned man, his family, and the people around him.

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In the Room Where Death Row Prisoners Say Final Goodbyes, He Learned He Would Live

I was supposed to witness Sonny Burton’s execution by nitrogen gas. Instead I saw him celebrate a stunning commutation.

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Lori Hoetger @profloriann.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

All checked in for #apls2026!! Excited to learn about the cutting edge research going on and give my first presentation at a primarily psych conference since I was in grad school (seriously)

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Lori Hoetger @profloriann.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

I am by no means an expert, but my general sense from talking with colleagues that this is a slow/quiet cycle for lots of us. I'm viewing silence as neutral at this point, not a good sign but also not necessarily bad.

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Lori Hoetger @profloriann.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

If anyone wants to know where I'm at mentally right now, I'm about to either adopt a puppy or get bangs. And I'm not sure which would be higher maintenance.

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Lori Hoetger @profloriann.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

It was so great to get feedback from you all! Thanks for having me.

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Just hopped off a phone call with my grandmother. And she said something that I’m going to carry with me today: “God doesn’t care about how much people talk about you, but He does care about how often you talk for people who can’t.”

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Lori Hoetger @profloriann.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

The world is horrible in so many ways but my own world just got much worse. Early this morning, I let my Benni finally rest. She was my friend for almost 17 years. I don't even have words to describe this.

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Lori Hoetger @profloriann.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Plenty of 4A opinions have the "the touchstone of the 4A is reasonableness" language but many also say a warrantless search is presumptively invalid & 4A protection is greatest at the entry to the home. Just mentioning reasonableness without the other points wouldn't get a passing grade in my class

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

NYT video analysis confirms victim’s gun was removed before he was shot. So he was unarmed. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/us/minne…

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LegalEagle @legaleagle.tv · 24/01/2026

Alex Pretti’s last words were “are you ok?” said the woman next to him who ICE also pepper sprayed in the face.

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