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Reasonableness As A Rule: A Paean To Justice O'Connor's Dissent In Atwater V. City Of Lago Vista, Wayne A. Logan
Reasonableness As A Rule: A Paean To Justice O'Connor's Dissent In Atwater V. City Of Lago Vista, Wayne A. Logan
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This paper, part of a symposium dedicated to “great” Fourth Amendment dissents, examines Justice Sandra Day O’Connor's dissent in Atwater v. City of Lago Vista (2001), where by a 5-4 vote the Court upheld the constitutionality of warrantless police arrests for non-breach of the peace, fine-only offenses. In addition to rightfully condemning the majority's decision to equate probable cause with constitutional reasonableness, in principle, Justice O’Connor presciently recognized the numerous liberty and privacy-restricting consequences of the outcome for the “everyday lives of Americans.” Atwater, combined with decisions issued before and after it, including Whren v. United States, Devenpeck …
Nelson V. State, 319 So. 2d 154 (Fla. 2d Dist. Ct. App. 1975), Randall O. Reder
Nelson V. State, 319 So. 2d 154 (Fla. 2d Dist. Ct. App. 1975), Randall O. Reder
Florida State University Law Review
Constitutional Law- SEARCH AND SEIZURE- SCHOOL OFFICIALS' AUTHORITY TO SEARCH STUDENTS IS AUGMENTED BY THE In Loco Parentis DOCTRINE.