National Treasury Employees Union v. Von Raab

Carmella Iacovetta Michigan Dept. of State Police v. Sitz, 496 U.S. 444 (1990) Facts: The state police of Michigan and its director set up a sobriety checkpoint with the sole intent of catching intoxicated drivers. An advisory committee was created that set up guidelines with well-defined procedures. A state road was selected for the pilot checkpoint. The guidelines stipulated that if the driver appeared to be intoxicated, an officer would pull them from the flow and check their license and registration. If warranted, further tests would be administered. If there was no signs of intoxication, drivers would proceed on their way. The checkpoint began slightly after midnight, and ran approximately one hour and fifteen minutes in length, with…

What do the following five cases all have in common? (1) National Treasury Employees Union v. Von Raab, (1989), (2) Deal v. Spears, (1992), (3) O’Connor v. Ortega, (1987), (4) Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Illinois Railroad, (NMB, July 3, 194) and (5) Anderson v. Philadelphia, (1998). The core issue for all five of these cases…the fourth amendment the United States Constitution. “The Fourth Amendment protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government. The…

This is due to the fact that the largest part of implementation covers educating employees and the general public. Educating supervisors on effective and positive communication with employees about the processes involved in the DFWP will cost approximately $2400. This training should be done initially for all supervisors and managers in the City. Those same supervisors with help from HR should be able to educate employees during monthly or quarterly meetings at no further cost to the City.…

precedent that incriminating information must be seized according to the constitutional specifications of due process or it will not be allowed as evidence in a criminal trial” (p.202). Like most things in life, the exclusionary rule does have exceptions. These exceptions are the good-faith exception, the plain-view doctrine, clerical errors exceptions, and the emergency searches of property. In U.S. v. Leon (1984) a judge allowed evidence that officers seized in good faith despite the search…