Archive for the ‘4th Amendment’ Category

Search of a Juvenile

Posted by dbreston on August 16th, 2010 under 4th Amendment  •  No Comments

The Supreme Court just came out with a new case with an eight to one decision chastising school officials for strip-searching a 13-year-old girl in a fruitless hunt for ibuprofen, ruling that an investigation based on almost no evidence violated the Fourth Amendment ban on “unreasonable searches and seizures.”

The court’s 8-1 vote was a surprising victory [...]

Case Scenario 4th amendment

Posted by dbreston on July 15th, 2009 under 4th Amendment  •  No Comments


Reasonable Suspicion Probable cause and the Community Care Taking

Posted by dbreston on May 26th, 2009 under 4th Amendment  •  No Comments