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Search results for "Fourth Amendment" ...
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Missing the boat on drunken driving
"Ohio's approach to drunken driving is ineffective and violates the spirit of the Fourth Amendment, and the millions of dollars being poured into sobriety checkpoints should instead be directed to programs that have been proven to be more effective."
Tags: drunk driving; sobriety checkpoints; Fourth Amendment; law enforcement; social drinking
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Strip-Searched
An investigation by WAGA-TV revealed that "a north Georgia sheriff, in one of the state's most popular tourist areas, routinely strip-searched every person brought into his jail, violating the Fourth Amendment rights of thousands of local citizens and tourists. (WAGA-TV) found people strip-searched who hadn't even committed a crime or committed minor traffic violations ranging from no proof of insurance to an improper mudflap."
Tags: Georgia; sheriff; strip-searches; illegal searches; Fourth Amendment; crime; county sheriff; traffic violations; jail; TAPE; TRANSCRIPT.
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Subject to Inspection: Belleville's Housing Code Enforcement
A Belleville News-Democrat investigation revealed that "a Belleville housing code enforcement officer and an armed police officer routinely show up for occupancy permit inspections without a search warrant. When residents refuse to let them enter, the residents are issued tickets, a violation of the Fourth Amendment guarantee against illegal search and seizure. In some cases, these inspections are used as a cover to search for drugs or other criminal activity."
Tags: housing code enforcement; warrant; law; seizure; violation; Fourth Amendment; illegal; search; drugs; crime; search warrant; occupancy permit inspections; Belleville; Illinois
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Employers argue that in today's increasingly competitive economy, they have a right to choose the workers who best fit the job, and in order to make informed choices, they need information that can only be acquired through such procedures as background checks, credit checks, and drug tests. Once workers have been hired, the argument goes, monitoring is then essential to maintain and often improve productivity. Across the Board examines this issue. (March 1996)
Tags: Alderman Kennedy Privacy Health insurance Liability Right to privacy Fourth Amendment 5 pgs.