Question 1

Why did Mapp v. Ohio virtually guarantee that an increased number of Fourth Amendment cases would soon appear on the Supreme Court's docket?

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Question 2

Concerning Kyllo v. United States….
"This case is all about answering the question, 'What constitutes a search?'" Explain.

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Question 3

What was the "Ross anomaly" that Acevedo is supposed to have eliminated? Explain

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Question 4

According both to Justice Scalia's concurring opinion in Acevedo and to Justice Stevens's dissenting opinion in Acevedo, the Court "cured" the Ross anomaly at the expense of creating another paradox. Explain.

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Question 5

The facts in Terry v. Ohio (1968) presented the Supreme Court with a Fourth Amendment dilemma in at least two respects. Explain.

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Question 6

The Supreme Court during the Chief Justiceship of Earl Warren (1953-1969) is remembered for a number of decisions on criminal justice that favored individual rights. Should Terry v. Ohio be considered one of those rights-friendly decisions? Explain.

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Question 7

Someone has said that Mapp v. Ohio (1961) nearly single-handedly made the U.S. Supreme Court a general overseer of criminal justice in the United States. Discuss.

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Question 8

Consider Justice Hugo Black's dissenting opinion in Adamson v. California (1947), his dissenting opinion in Katz v. United States (1967), and his concurring opinion in Duncan v. Louisiana (1968). What do these opinions reveal about Justice Black's approach to constitutional interpretation and about his views concerning the proper role for the Supreme Court in the American political system?

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Question 9

In Katz v. United States (1967), Justices White and Douglas each wrote a concurring opinion taking different positions on an issue not directly involved in Katz. Explain.

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Question 10

Consider Arkansas v. Sanders (1979) and California v. Acevedo (1991). Which decision gives greater latitude to police in law enforcement activities? Explain.

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Question 11

In his dissent in United States v. Leon (1984) Justice Brennan wrote that the majority had used "faulty scales" in reaching its conclusion. What did he mean? Explain.

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Question 12

In its decision in Miranda v. Arizona (1966) the Court attempted to lay down a clear rule with respect to the admissibility of confessions obtained by police during interrogations. Why was the Court not entirely successful? Explain.

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Question 13

In Atwater v. City of Lago Vista (2001), what is the bright-line rule that the majority adopts but that Justice O'Connor finds so objectionable? What is the basis of her objection? Explain.

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Question 14

Justice Potter Stewart wrote the opinion of the Court in both Chimel v. California (1969) and in Katz v. United States (1967). Is his approach to the Fourth Amendment in the earlier case consistent with his approach to the Fourth Amendment in the later case? Explain. (Be sure that your essay demonstrates an understanding of both cases.)

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Question 15

Based on her dissent in Board of Education v. Earls (2002), what is Justice Ginsburg's disagreement with the majority view laid out in Justice Thomas's opinion of the Court in that case? Explain.

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Question 16

According to Justice Thomas's opinion for the Court in Board of Education v. Earls (2002), the principles established in Vernonia School District v. Acton (1995) justified the position the Court took in Earls. However, Justice Ginsburg, who was part of the six-justice majority in the Vernonia case, wrote the dissent in Earls and stated that the Vernonia decision provided an inadequate basis for what the Court was doing in Earls. Does Justice Thomas or Justice Ginsburg seem to be standing on more solid ground? Why?

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Question 17

What question did Katz v. United States (1967) present to the Court? On what grounds might Solicitor General Erwin Griswold have expected the government to prevail in this case? Explain.

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Question 18

As disputes over the meaning of the U. S. Constitution, what do Powell v. Alabama (1932) and Palko v. Connecticut? (1937) seem to have in common? What differences do you find? Explain.

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Question 19

In U.S. v. Leon, what constitutes the "objectively reasonable belief" that police believe they are acting correctly under the Fourth Amendment? Explain.

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Question 20

According to Justice Thurgood Marshall's dissent in United States v. Robinson (1973), the decision in Chimel v. California (1969) as well as the reasoning in that case argued strongly that the search that turned up the heroin on Robinson was conducted in violation of the Fourth Amendment. What did Marshall mean? Explain.

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Quiz 11: Criminal Justice