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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Fourth Amendment"”.
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Privacy in the face of surveillance: Fourth Amendment considerations for facial recognition technology
… will serve as a turning point for the future of Fourth Amendment privacy jurisprudence and shape the future of surveillance in the digital age. This research explores the history and current state of facial recognition technology and examines the impacts of surveillance on privacy expectations. …
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Students' First and Fourth Amendment Rights in the Digital Age: An Analysis of Case Law
… is content with lower courts applying First Amendment jurisprudence developed over 40 years ago to a rapidly advancing digital environment where students carry the equivalent of personal computers in their pockets, have an ever-growing telepresence, and rely on cyberspeech as their primary …
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Content Analysis of Pre- and Post-Jones Federal Appellate Cases: Implications of Jones for Fourth Amendment Search Law
<p>This study examines the state of Fourth Amendment search law in relationship to the decision in the recent, landmark case of <em>United States v. Jones</em>. This study focused on the effects of the <em>Jones</em> decision, trespass doctrine, relative to the former precedent of <em>Katz v. …
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An Analysis of the Correlation Between the Attitude, Belief, Opinion, and Demographic Components of Voluntary Forfeiture of One's Fourth Amendment Constitutional Right in Order to Permit Police Officers the use of New Concealed Weapons Detection Technology
… of individuals to voluntarily forfeit their Fourth Amendment Constitutional rights to permit the use of the new Concealed Weapons Detection Technology ("CWDT"). The new CWDT, as described in this study is capable of performing hands-off, non-intrusive body searches for contraband such as …
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Perceptions, Knowledge and Experiences among Police Officers: Traffic Stops, Vehicle Searches and K-9 Involvement
… experiences of police “line” officers concerning Fourth Amendment search and seizure norms and applications during traffic stops and vehicles searches, in particular police use of canine units following the landmark United States Supreme Court decision of <em>Rodriguez v. United States. </em>In …
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Is Wide-Area Persistent Surveillance by State and Local Governments Constitutional?
… tool without violating the US Constitution’s Fourth Amendment?” The most likely and controversial application of WAPS by state and local governments is for law enforcement. Aircraft will loiter over a city persistently taking high-definition photographs to capture locations of unidentified …
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Privacey in Cyberspace: Federal Law, Online Commerce, Citizens, and rights in Conflict with the Digital Age
… to privacy on the Internet, as defined by the Fourth Amendment of the Bill of Rights and Supreme Court rulings, and the federal government’s expressed need to intrude, in some cases, when a felony or threat to law and order are suspected. How will these conflicting needs be balanced? Federal …
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Public School Law: Student Search and Seizure in K-12 Public Schools
… the rights guaranteed to students by the Fourth Amendment and how it applies to the school setting. This document will provide an overview of student search and seizure in kindergarten to 12th grade (K-12) public schools in a non-traditional dissertation (non-experimental design) format by …
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Heien v. North Carolina and Significant Interpretive Court Cases: An Empirical Examination of Police Officers’ Perceptions and Knowledge
… implications for law enforcement and for the Fourth Amendment privacy protections of individuals, it is important to better understand how the lower courts have interpreted and applied <em>Heien</em>. Therefore, key, recent interpretive lower court case law for <em>Heien</em> is also analyzed. …
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An Analysis of Random Student Drug Testing Policies and Patterns of Practice In Virginia Public Schools
There were two purposes to this study. First, the study was designed to determine which Virginia public school districts have articulated policies that govern random drug testing of students and if school districts' policies aligned with U.S. Supreme Court standards and Virginia statutes. The …
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The constitutional rights and responsibilities of students and academic personnel in public community colleges as determined by federal and state court decisions
… college campuses. Chapter two covers the First Amendment rights of academic personnel: academic freedom, loyalty oaths, political activity, classroom activities. It explains that the United States Supreme Court cases of Keyishian, Pickering and Epperson are clear indications that state-employed …
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K-12 and the Active Shooter: Principals’ Perceptions of Armed Personnel in New Jersey District Factor Group GH Public Schools
<p>The purpose of this study was to explore the predicament school principals face when formulating the best methodology to provide a safe environment for their students and faculty, while simultaneously creating an atmosphere that is conducive to education.</p> <p>This multiple-case study is a …
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Compelled Decryption and the Right Against Self-Incrimination: Obsta Principiis
… of a password did not offend the Fifth Amendment because “the communication was sought only for its content and the content has no other value or significance.”<br /><br />The stakes in the compelled decryption cases are immense. The right against self-incrimination is not just a right …