Fourth dimension

distributing drugs in schools should face the law and given the greatest penalty. Qualified immunity should protect officials while conducting searches on students given that drug use among teenagers is on the rise. The children are also protected by the fourth amendment, which protects them from school officials (Savage,…

My partner, Armando and I, both believe that the government should be allowed to obtain wiretaps on anyone whom they deem suspicious without court oversight. However, Logan and Tabitha believe the opposite and have reasons why. Those reasons include personal information about people being leaked because the court oversight were seen to be failing or ignored, and people getting very mad because the government can monitor a large portion of a certain population without them even having a single…

school searches were included in the fourth amendment but that the one performed at the school was justified. However, it was overturned subsequently after a closer analyzation of the occurrence.…

The Fourth Amendment of the Constitution of the clearly states, “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated” (“Fourth Amendment”). Its laws also apply to searches done by public school officials. Public school officials, such as vice principal Theodore Choplick…

Concurrence Despite agreeing with Justice White’s opinion, Justice Powell, joined by Justice O’Connor, and Justice Blackmun wrote concurring opinions. Justice Powell believed that Justice White should have spent more time discussing the fact that students should not have the same constitutional protections as individuals in non-school settings. Justice Powell noted that, “It is simply unrealistic to think that students have the same subjective expectation of privacy as the population…

North Carolina case. There was a violation of the Fourth Amendment when the officer pull over the vehicle because of the mistaken belief that caused the driver gets in trouble. However, Heien think that he was not guilty because under North Carolina law because in North Carolina State, the drivers only…

ISSUE: Does Plaintiff have a legitimate expectation of privacy in a purse, not of his own, that the police demanded to be searched during the execution of a search warrant? HOLDING: No. The scope of the search warrant extends to the searching of the purse. A purse, is mobile and the search of the purse during the warrant execution was found lawful. FACTS: On October 18, 1976, six police officers with an arrest warrant entered the home of an individual by the name of Lawrence Marquess…

Probable Cause and Reasonable Suspicion According to Cook (1970) probable cause commonly deals with a necessary condition in criminal law that police have sufficient causes to capture somebody, lead an inquiry, or seize property related with a crime. Reasonable suspicion is a standard utilized as a part of criminal methodology. It is not as firm than probable cause. Reasonable doubt is enough to legitimize brief stops and detainment, however insufficient to legitimize a full search. It is…

Facts In 1967, Charles Katz used a public telephone in Los Angeles, California in order to place illegal gambling bets. Not only was he placing bets over the phone, he was placing the wages to individuals in Boston and Miami. While he was placing the bets over the phone, Katz was unaware that the Federal Government, also known as FBI, was conducting an investigation through the electronic collection data. After the conversation, Katz was arrested and apprehended by the FBI. Katz cited that the…

As Senator Barry Goldwater has famously said “I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.” Are Americans willing to give up any expectation of digital privacy when traveling just to feel safe? Even if you have nothing to hide, the vulnerability (and access of digital information) provides an immense amount of data – of which may well be used against you in the future. Subsequently, are…