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Michigan Department Of State Police V. Sitz: Suspicionless Seizures And The Fourth Amendment, Jill W. Broderick
Michigan Department Of State Police V. Sitz: Suspicionless Seizures And The Fourth Amendment, Jill W. Broderick
Northern Illinois University Law Review
This note examines the United States Supreme Court decision upholding the constitutionality of sobriety roadblocks. The issue facing the Court was whether the initial stop of motorists passing through a sobriety roadblock and the associated preliminary questioning and observation by police officers violated the fourth amendment prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures. The Court held that the initial stop and questioning at sobriety roadblocks did not violate the fourth amendment. This note analyzes the evolution of suspicionless seizures and concludes that because roadblocks subject drivers to seizure without probable cause or reasonable suspicion, their constitutionality under the fourth amendment is …
Testing The Hand That Bites You: Johnetta J. V. The Municipal Court: Mandatory Aids Testing, And The Fourth Amendment, Paul T. Whitcombe
Testing The Hand That Bites You: Johnetta J. V. The Municipal Court: Mandatory Aids Testing, And The Fourth Amendment, Paul T. Whitcombe
Northern Illinois University Law Review
One type of response to the current AIDS crises has been to authorize mandatory testing of private individuals for HIV in certain circumstances that give rise to fear of transmission, such as a biting or spitting incident, even without reason to believe the attacker may be an AIDS carrier.