Posts Tagged 4th Amendment
Two Sides of the Issue
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Criminal Justice on February 28th, 2013
The question of DNA testing is evidently coming before the Supreme Court this year. The issue is whether taking DNA from someone who has not been convicted of a crime is a violation of that person’s constitutional right to privacy, to bodily integrity. You would think that a committed civil libertarian would be opposed to [...]
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Law and Order
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Constitution on April 6th, 2012
Well, I certainly feel safer now that the Supreme Court has handed down its decision in Florence v. Burlington. The issue in this case was whether jail officials have the right to strip-search anyone and everyone who is arrested, no matter what the charge and no matter the presence or lack of probable cause to [...]
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