Searches and seizures

1. 9/11 was a tragic day in our nation. Not only did our country lose approximately 3,000 people who were family, neighbors, and friends, but it also left our world in a state of confusion and total chaos. Overall, our president handled the situation the best he could with the information that was held at the time of the event. The bottom line was the US was not prepared for that magnitude of devastation and as a nation our guard was down concerning terrorist activity. As acting president, I…

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 Fourth Amendment, however, is not a guarantee against all searches and seizures, but only those that are deemed unreasonable under the law” ("What Does the Fourth Amendment Mean?" n.d.). Let’s examine each of the cases individually. National Treasury Employees…

Introduction In many states, there’s a fine line between simple possession, and possession with intent to distribute. In the state of Oklahoma evidently getting caught with a small amount of marijuana is a felony. Officer Dallas Lang preformed a routine traffic stop on I - 40 in Okmulgee County Oklahoma, when he searched Mr. O’ Brian car, he noticed the driving carrying 130 jars of marijuana with a street value of 160,000.00 in the trunk of his car. Kevin O’Brien was arrested and taken to…

to execute. These rights are found in amendments IV, V, VI, and VIII and are referred to as the rights of the accused. Amendment IV refers to the rights of a citizen's privacy. Citizens are not to be subject to unwarranted and unreasonable searches and seizures by government and law officials. Law officials must have a warrant from a judge. Amendment VI goes hand in hand with Amendment IV. Amendment VI states that the accused must be told the exact nature of their crimes and they have…

Civil Liberties are fundamental individual freedoms that are guaranteed explicitly identified in the Bill of Rights and the Constitution. Civil liberties include: Freedom of speech, the right to privacy, the right to be free from unreasonable searches of your home, the right to a fair court trial, the right to marry, and the right to vote. The First Amendment expresses “Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.” The prohibition on abridgment of the…

It takes a lot to fathom the events happening between police and people of color. As the author of article stated, “to fully understand the people and the events we must use science and develop a sociological imagination.” Looking at the pieces of social and historical evidence all is required to fully understand the whole picture of why this event was an effect of a much deeper cause. The most important to me is the expanding U.S. inequality and the war on drugs. Palmer described the expanding…

This is the case from North Carolina State. Maynor Javier Vasquez driving with a broken brake light on April 29, 2010 and Sergeant Darisse of the Surry County Sheriff's Department stopped the vehicle. As the officer approached the vehicle, he noticed that there was someone lay down on the back seat and he found out that the guy name is Nicholas Heien. The two men told him different stries and the officer asked permission to check on the vehicle. Heien agreed, and the officer found a bag…

In 1980, New Jersey filed charges against T.L.O. in juvenile court after T.L.O.'s assistant vice principal searched her purse and found cigarettes, rolling paper, that led him to suspect marijuana usage after she had denied any accusations. T.L.O. moved to suppress the results of the search violated the 4th Amendment, and the juvenile court denied the motion suppress. They had an idea that she might have been selling drugs. T.L.O. was then suspended and that is when the case was set in motion.…

The case of Illinois vs. Wardlow (cited as 528 U.S. 119 (2000) ) opened the question: “May walking away, in order to avoid contact with a police officer, is a suspicious behavior enough to satisfy the constitutional definition of the reasonable suspicion ?” Constitution has provided the following test for reasonable suspicion: The officer must be able to point to specific and articulable facts that, taken together with rational inferences from those facts, provide a particularized and objective…

This has led to a nationwide debate in whether it is an appropriate protocol to subject an offender’s relative to a DNA sample. Despite the uncertainty, a number of states have begun to incorporate familial searches into their policies. As a result, this process became an issue as it brings forth questions of whether it violates the rights of individuals living within the United States. This paper will discuss the pros and cons of this issue, concluding with…