Apr 23, 2008 | Notes, Number 3, Print Edition, Volume 41
The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution protects citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures conducted by law enforcement personnel. This right is protected in part by the requirement that law enforcement officers obtain search warrants prior to...
Apr 23, 2008 | Lead Articles, Number 3, Print Edition, Volume 41
The purpose of this Article is to advance three propositions as worthy of consideration by courts when deciding cases involving a conflict between the First Amendment and the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. The first proposition is that cases brought...
Apr 23, 2008 | Lead Articles, Number 3, Print Edition, Volume 41
The irregular process under which the Fourteenth Amendment was adopted has long been the source of controversy among legal historians. The Thirty-Ninth Congress, which met during the two years directly following the end of the Civil War and the assassination of...
Apr 23, 2008 | Lead Articles, Number 3, Print Edition, Volume 41
The “central value of the Fourth Amendment” is the protection of the sanctity of the home from unjustifiable intrusion by law enforcement officials. It is settled law that before law enforcement officers may enter a home to conduct a search or make an arrest they...
Apr 23, 2008 | Notes, Number 3, Print Edition, Volume 41
On February 25, 1999, an explosion erupted at the Jahn Foundry in Springfield, Massachusetts, causing extensive damage to the building and sending twelve foundry workers to the hospital with severe burns. Three of the workers later succumbed to their injuries. The...
Apr 23, 2008 | Notes, Number 3, Print Edition, Volume 41
In April 1998, Zacarias Moussaoui received extensive training at an al Qaeda terrorist camp in Afghanistan. In September 2000, Moussaoui, then an al Qaeda trained operative, inquired about training at a flight school in Norman, Oklahoma via a Malaysian email...