Jardines illustrates the shifting landscape of Fourth Amendment analysis. In Jardines, the Supreme Court held that the use of a police drug-sniffing dog on the front porch of a house was an unlawful search because the property was protected by the Fourth Amendment. Jardines specified that only a limited scope of conduct is invited by the simple action of “hanging a knocker.” Actions that deviate meaningfully from this protocol (i.e., approaching the front door, knocking, and waiting briefly) or that are not “customary, usual, reasonable, respectful, ordinary, typical, [or] nonalarming” will exceed the scope of the implied license and thus violate the homeowner’s Fourth Amendment…
Every Halloween, the six Herdman kids steal candy, spray-paint other kids, and take everything that isn't nailed down. And this year promises to be the same, until the Mayor decides to up and cancel Halloween. True, that means there'd be no Herdman trouble to contend with, but that also means no candy, no costumes, and no trick-or-treating! Is it possible that the Herdmans themselves could make what looks like a horrible Halloween into the best one ever? Every year the kids at Woodrow Wilson Elementary can count on their Halloween being ruined by the 6 out-of-control Herdman kids.…
Imagine day you’re sitting in class and all the sudden you hear loud sounds like gunshots, and the principal came over the intercom and said to lock all doors there is a shooter in the building. The teachers and students have no way to fight back due to the law on carrying arms on school premises. How would you feel in that situation versus if your teacher was able to carry? The question should be ask because the percentage of school shootings has risen 3.6% over the years. Teachers should be able to protect their students, its their job to make sure that their students are safe and protected.…
Throughout the past 10 years there has been many talks on whether the police should be required to wear body cameras. Throughout all the research and studies regarding these cameras, these have been many pros to body cams but there have also been cons and many challenges to implementing this system in police forces throughout the country. Many different police stations have done experiments with these cameras and have all shown very positive feedback. Regardless of the amount of work necessary to implement these cameras, it should be necessary for officers to wear these body cameras because they have the potential to save lives. To go along with that, police should be forced to wear these body cameras because they have the potential to save lives, give better representation than hearing a testimony, and make suspects less likely to run or attack an officer because everything they do is caught on camera.…
Stop and frisk searches sometimes are unsuccessful in catching potential criminals. However, proponents of the stop and frisk program believe it’s a successful crime deterrent. The practice of stop and frisk has sparked a large amount of controversy amongst the police and the general public. The NYPD should not be able to proceed any further with the practice of stop and frisk. The program directly violates the people’s Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable search and seizure.…
Police are here to protect us, so we should give them all the equipment they will need to protect us and themselves. Jaelyne makes a point when she says that we cannot protect ourselves the way the police can with all these equipment because if we did we would go to jail. I agree that Jaelyn makes a few good points on why to support police…
I mean for example, your riding around late at night about 12am going to go get a bite to eat with a significant other. An officer suddenly gets behind you, and you pull over, and he/she says you seem to swerve back there on Edge Road. You move forward to say, "well I didn't notice me making a swerve move." So the officer states, "Get out both of you I would like to search your car. " Now that would seem weird, and no one should have to deal with officers that just want to pick or find something to do jsut to pull someone over for nothing.…
One day my boyfriend and I were heading to goodwell to grab a few items from my room. As we passed the Gazebo an officer who was sitting idle began to follow us. My boyfriend waited in the car while I went to my room. I grabbed my things and went back to the car.…
There have been at least 18 shooting incidents on school campus since 2000. There are a lot of concerns and questions that others are wanting to know since the latest school shooting in Parkland, Florida. Because of this horrific tragedy the President of these United Sates is trying to propose a law for the people. He is trying to get the Senate to agree that teacher’s should be allowed to bring armed weapons while teaching students. I believe that teacher should not be allowed to carry armed in the school system.…
September 11, 2001. Four airliners were hijacked by 19 al-Qaeda militants. Three of the planes hit their target. One plane hit the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. The other two were flown into the World Trade Center.…
There is a finite line between national security and the privacy of innocent Americans in their day to day lives. The right to have privacy was provided to people when it was installed in the 4th amendment to the constitution. Although the U.S. Government has been stretching out this basic right and invading the privacy right that every American has. The government should not be allowed to freely use surveillance programs to watch over innocent people 's every move. Stated in the 4th amendment there is the right for people “to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated.…
Police sometimes abuse their power, and because there is no evidence, they cannot be found guilty in courts. Most public opinions are said that they want body cameras on police officers but some say that they don 't want this because of privacy in the public. Because of issues of police brutality with minorities police officers should have body cameras on at all times. As most Americans living in the United States want cameras on officers at all times for their own safety, what changes can body cameras bring to our society? " The Brown shooting and other recent police shootings in which apparently unarmed men were killed and accounts of what happened sharply differ have led to growing calls for standard use of such body cameras and "dash cams by police” (Paulson).…
Stop and frisk should not be legal because many times these searches do…
Racial Profiling goes against this right and should be banned, or have harsher punishments when is displayed. Furthermore, cops are taking it upon themselves to kill many innocent people, there needs to be a better way to protect themselves without having to resort into taking someone’s life. As John F. Kennedy states “The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human lives…” (Kennedy pg1. 1961).…
On July 4th, 1776 the United States gained independence from Britain – a tyrannous regime that held power over the United States for quite some time. After fighting so hard for independence, the people wanted to make sure they would never be under a tyrannous rule again. Consequently, a system of checks and balance was made to give equal power to the three branches of our government. These checks and balances can be seen all throughout our government, however, one of the best examples that displays the efficiency of this system can be seen in the process of making a law. The first step in this process is to draft a bill.…