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Chipping Away At The Boundaries Of Privacy: Intel's Pentium Iii Processor Serial Number And The Erosion Of Fourth Amendment Privacy Expectations, George M. Dery Iii, James R. Fox Dec 2000

Chipping Away At The Boundaries Of Privacy: Intel's Pentium Iii Processor Serial Number And The Erosion Of Fourth Amendment Privacy Expectations, George M. Dery Iii, James R. Fox

Georgia State University Law Review

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Circumventing The Fourth Amendment Via The Special Needs Doctrine To Prosecute Pregnant Drug Users: Ferguson V. City Of Charleston, Carmen Vaughn Apr 2000

Circumventing The Fourth Amendment Via The Special Needs Doctrine To Prosecute Pregnant Drug Users: Ferguson V. City Of Charleston, Carmen Vaughn

South Carolina Law Review

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Computer Searches And Seizure, Donald Resseguie Jan 2000

Computer Searches And Seizure, Donald Resseguie

Cleveland State Law Review

This note will discuss legal issues related to search and seizure of computers and define the trend that the law is taking in the emerging area of inquiry. Personal privacy protection will be adequate regarding computer searches and seizures only if the courts properly balance the government's interests in bringing criminals to justice against citizens' interests against overly broad inquiries into the personal affairs. Section II provides a limited general discussion of constitutional limitations on search and seizure. Section III will discuss search and seizure of computers in the context of the "plain view" doctrine as an exception to the …


Urine Trouble! Extending Constitutionality To Mandatory Suspicionless Drug Testing Of Students In Extracurricular Activities, James M. Mccray Jan 2000

Urine Trouble! Extending Constitutionality To Mandatory Suspicionless Drug Testing Of Students In Extracurricular Activities, James M. Mccray

Vanderbilt Law Review

The United States makes clear its reverence for education by demanding that its children attend school.' What is less clear, how- ever, is the nation's dedication to each student's constitutional rights. From the earliest days of the common law, public school students have lacked fundamental rights, even the right of liberty in its narrowest sense.' Although public students retain certain constitutional rights,' the public school system maintains an elevated power over its students." This power is like that of a parent,' including the duty to "inculcate the habits and manners of civility" into its students.' The public school's control over …


Ten Years Of Randomized Jurisprudence: Amending The Special Needs Doctrine, Robert D. Dodson Jan 2000

Ten Years Of Randomized Jurisprudence: Amending The Special Needs Doctrine, Robert D. Dodson

South Carolina Law Review

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Criminal Procedure: The Fourth Amendment Collides With The Problem Of Child Pornography And The Internet, Amy E. Wells Jan 2000

Criminal Procedure: The Fourth Amendment Collides With The Problem Of Child Pornography And The Internet, Amy E. Wells

Oklahoma Law Review

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Oklahoma Constitutional Law: The Future Of The Fourth Amendment In Oklahoma High Schools, Melinda Wyatt Gilliam Jan 2000

Oklahoma Constitutional Law: The Future Of The Fourth Amendment In Oklahoma High Schools, Melinda Wyatt Gilliam

Oklahoma Law Review

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The Fourth Amendment: Relaxing The Rule In Child Abuse Investigations, Jillian Grossman Jan 2000

The Fourth Amendment: Relaxing The Rule In Child Abuse Investigations, Jillian Grossman

Fordham Urban Law Journal

This Note considers the Fourth Amendment concerns raised by strip searches of children in child abuse investigations. The Note first describes the evolution of children's rights and identifies the interests of the child and parents in child abuse investigations. The Note then analyzes the two exceptions under which a nude search of a child's body may be conducted - consent and exigent circumstances, as well as the qualified immunity defense with respect to social workers and police officers. Finally, this Note concludes that a child should possess the authority to consent to a strip search in a child abuse investigation …