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This 6 page paper examines several cases that consider the fourth amendment. One case looks at the fact that the hands of the police are tied in patting down suspects while another is too lenient in allowing officers to enter property. The discrepancies in how the Supreme Court looks at fourth amendment cases is at the crux of the paper. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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reasonably certain that a search is in order? That question has resulted in much conflict. In part, this is due not just to state law, but to Constitutional guarantees. There
had been complaints for example that women were strip searched at airports because they were suspected of carrying drugs. Because drug mules often carry drugs in various personal orifices, the
procedure is unusually quite invasive. Many courts have ruled the following as it respects strip searches: " Any practice that requires an arrestee to be seen naked by jail staff
violates the Fourth Amendment unless reasonable suspicion exists to justify the search" (Collins, 2004, p. 28). Of course, the fourth amendment extends to a lot more rights than strip searches.
People should have the right to quiet enjoyment of their own property and should not be harassed by officers when walking on the street. The fourth amendment is applied in
a variety of situations from police officers wanting to search suspects or their homes to teachers wanting to search students lockers. One well known case is New Jersey v. T.L.O.
(1985) . What happened was that in 1980, two girls in Piscataway High School in New Jersey were found smoking in a restroom ("New Jersey," 2004). When one of the
girls was told by administrators to empty her purse, she complied, but marijuana was found and the police were called (2004). Although it was argued that the search should
have been suppressed, it was found that the search was reasonable under the circumstances (2004). Whenever a suspect is searched, the police or officials must have reasonable cause. Sometimes, these
situations make it up to the Supreme Court because what is reasonable to some is unreasonable to another. In many instances, fourth amendment challenges will result in the dismissal
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