Verifying driver’s licenses and vehicle registration
Intercepting illegal aliens on border highways
Apprehending fleeing criminals
Thwarting terrorist activity or attack
Police cannot set up roadblocks and stop vehicles for the purpose of searching them for
illegal drugs or evidence of other criminal activity.
What are the two types of drug testing of peace officers that have been allowed by
courts in the absence of a warrant or probable cause? Do you agree with the decisions
of those courts? Explain your position.
The ____________ Amendment contains a privilege against self-incrimination.
In Hudson v. Michigan, the court stated that the exclusionary rule is most appropriate in
cases of ____________ searches.
Discuss the use of videotapes and other electronic devices as evidence. Do you believe
(as the courts have upheld) that video surveillance should be used in an employee’s
office? Why or why not? What are the current restrictions? How would you change
these? Or would you?
If a person validly and voluntarily _____________ their property, they give up all
Fourth Amendment protection for that property.
List the common examples of the use of judicial notice to prove matters of general
knowledge:
At common law, no child under the age of fourteen was eligible or competent to testify
as a witness.
Define the AMBER alert system.
Animal DNA can be linked to the crime scene and used as evidence.
There is a hearsay exception for dying _____________.
A _______two days after the crime in a situation where the witness was dying in the
hospital was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court.
In a government workplace, government workers have reduced Fourth Amendment
protection as compared to their protection at home.
DNA is an acronym for Disulfide acid.
In _____________ v. U.S., the Court held that Congress cannot overturn the Miranda
decision.
During a traffic stop, the Fourth Amendment prohibits officers from looking into the
interior of the vehicle.
Define the various ways a defendant can be identified as the perpetrator of a crime in a
criminal courtroom.