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When The Immovable Object Meets The Unstoppable Force: Search And Seizure In The Age Of Terrorism, Anthony C. Coveny

Anthony C Coveny Ph.D.,J.D.,MA.

Abstract In 2001, the airborne attack on the World Trade Center, unlike any other in U.S. History, shook America to her core. In the process, the hand of government was strengthened at the expense of the constitutional liberties afforded by the Fourth Amendment. MacWade v. Kelly is just one more example of the increasing governmental interest in securing this nation from another terrorist attack, and in so doing, subjecting Americans to more “big brother” government. In MacWade, the New York Police Department faced down a 42 U.S.C 1983 challenge to its Container Inspection Program (CIP) in the name of security. …