Kaplan University Constitutional Law Josephine Kerr January 6, 2011

Topics for Discussion What the Fourth Amendment forbids and requires? Who is governed by the Fourth Amendment? What the reasonableness clause of the Fourth Amendment establishes? Whether individuals are constitutionally guaranteed absolute freedom from government intrusion? How probable cause relates to searches and arrests? What is required for a search or arrest warrant? If the Miranda warning must be given in a stop-and-frisk situation? What the law of stop and frisk deals with? The precedent case? What two consequences police may face if they make an unconstitutional search or seizure? What the exclusionary rule is and the precedent case? What primary purpose is served by the exclusionary rule? What case made the exclusionary rule applicable at the state level? What happens to evidence obtained in ways that “shock the conscience?” What exceptions to the exclusionary rule exist? What other consequences may result from government agency misconduct?

Topics for Discussion What limitation is placed on all searches? When general searches are legal? What limitations are placed on searches with a warrant? With consent? In a frisk? Incident to an arrest? What exceptions to the warrant requirement have been established? What the plain feel or plain touch ruling allows? What the plain view doctrine is? When a vehicle can be legally searched and the precedent case? What constitutes an exigent circumstance? How reasonable expectation of privacy relates to searches, frisks and the Fourth Amendment? How searches at international borders and airports are viewed under the Fourth Amendment? How electronic surveillance is governed by the Fourth Amendment? Whether a physical presence is required to constitute a search? What relationship exists between electronic surveillance and one’s reasonable expectations of privacy? What is required to obtain an electronic surveillance warrant? Whether prison inmates, probationers and parolees have full Fourth Amendment protection?

The Fourth Amendment What is the purpose of the Fourth Amendment? Who is regulated by the Fourth Amendment? What does the Fourth Amendment state?

Search and Seizure What is a search? What is a seizure?

Test Your Knowledge Which one of the following agencies does the Fourth Amendment not apply to? Public schools Colleges County government

Fourth Amendment Clauses What is the reasonableness clause? What is the warrant clause?

Reasonableness What is reasonableness? What are the two reasonableness approaches?

Right to privacy? What is the right to privacy?

Probable Cause What is probable cause? What are the two source categories of probable cause?

Search and Arrest Warrants How does an officer obtain a search warrant? How is a search warrant executed?

Stop and Frisk What is the law surrounding stop and frisk? What is a stop? What is a frisk?

Terry v. Ohio What was the decision in the landmark case of Terry v. Ohio? Do you agree or disagree with the Court?

An unlawful search What happens if the search is not lawful? What is the exclusionary rule?

Exceptions to the Rule What are the exceptions to the exclusionary rule?

Tenets of Fourth Amendment Search Analysis What are the questions that every Fourth Amendment analysis should begin with?

The Scope of Searches Are searches limited or general?

Searches with a Warrant What is a search limited to? What is an administrative warrant?

Searches without a Warrant What are the exceptions to the warrant requirement? Do you believe that they are fair?

Electronic Surveillance and the Fourth Amendment What is the current law with respect to electronic surveillance? What are your thoughts on electronic surveillance, is it fair?

The Fourth Amendment and Corrections What are criminals overall rights with respect to the Fourth amendment? How do you feel about criminals and their rights?

Questions Are there any questions?