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A Confounding Victory

By Nicole Black, Esq.

This week's Daily Record column is entitled "A Confounding Victory." A pdf of the article can be found here and my past Daily Record articles can be accessed here. ****** A Confounding Victory A rule that gives police the power to conduct such a search whenever an individual is caught committing a traffic offense, when there is no basis for believing evidence of the offense might be found in the vehicle, creates a serious and recurring threat to the privacy of countless individuals. Indeed, the character of that threat implicates the central concern underlying the Fourth Amendment ?the concern about...

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Full post as published by Sui Generis on April 28, 2009 (boomark / email).