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Constitutional Law

Dec. 29, 2000

Court Got It Wrong Tossing Random Drug Checks

All of the hoopla surrounding the U.S. Supreme Court's decisions in the presidential election has overshadowed other questionable decisions reached by the high court in recent weeks. For instance, in Indianapolis v. Edmond, 121 S.Ct. 447 (2000), the court ruled that random drug searches at police checkpoints violated the Fourth Amendment.

        By Sean Carter
        
        All of the hoopla surrounding the U.S. Supreme Court's decisions in the presidential election has overshadowed other questionable decisions reached by the high court in recent weeks. For instance, in Indianapolis v. Edmond,
121 S.Ct. 447 (2000), the co...

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