Vocab
Court Cases
Searches
True or False
Privacy & Technology
100
Any action by the government to find evidence of criminal activity
What is search
100
In Illinois v Caballes, the marijuana in Caballes trunk was discovered by the use of this.
What is drug-sniffing dog
100
It is particularly necessary for the police to obtain a warrant if they want to search one of these.
What is a citizen's home
100
True or False: In the eyes of the law, a person's privacy outweighs that of the public safety
What is False
100
searches of wireless communication
What is cyber-surveillance
200
when the authorities take an object or person that can be used as evidence
What is seizure
200
The ruling of Kyllo v. US established that the use of this device by police was unconstitutional because it revealed information they would usually need a search warrant to find.
What is thermal scanner
200
The Fourth Amendment guarantee only applies to searches and seizures made by _________.
What is the government
200
True or False: In Minnesota v. Carter the Court ruled that no warrant was necessary for the drugs the police seized because the men had no expectation of privacy.
What is True
200
Because of this law, the FBI can require almost anyone to turn over records on their costumers.
What is the Patriot Act
300
a document issued by a legal or government official authorizing the police or some other body to make an arrest, search premises, or carry out some other action relating to the administration of justice.
What is a warrant
300
This court case created the use of Terry stops
What is Terry v. Ohio
300
Under federal law, doing this to someone's phone or any other device that uses wireless communication is considered illegal.
What is the interception of someone's wireless signals, phone-tapping
300
True or False: Students 4th amendments rights have been limited to preserve and protect a proper learning environment in schools.
What is True.
300
Under the Patriot Act and Government Terrorist Surveillance Programs, some standards for warrants have been relaxed or removed for these types of searches.
What is wireless searches
400
a law that greatly relaxed the privacy protections and controls on searches and seizures
What is USA Patriot Act
400
This court case involved private flight carrier workers being arrested over cocaine that was illegally found by the authorities
What is US v Jacobsen
400
Name 2 types of searches that would be considered intrusive.
What is strip searches of prisoners, fingerprinting people who have been arrested, taking a persons blood or DNA, and in some cases drug tests
400
True or False: The police can legally search a person's garbage can without a warrant.
What is True.
400
Because of this 1967 court case, the use of computers, cell phones, and other wireless devices has created new kinds of searches to which the 4th amendment must be applied
What is Katz v. US
500
a stop of a person by law enforcement officers based upon "reasonable suspicion" that a person may have been engaged in criminal activity
What is a Terry Stop
500
This 1983 case ruled that dog sniff searches are not a search under the 4th amendment
What is US v. Place
500
Name one of the 3 questions considered before an intrusive search is conducted
What is 1.what is the legal status of the person being searched? Is he or she in custody, suspected of a crime, or a “free” person? 2. how invasive is the search? Does it involve intrusions beyond the body’s surface? 3. does the search serve some safety or security need for society?
500
True or False: The ruling of US v. Jacobsen helped clarify that the 4th amendment only protects against unreasonable searches conducted by private organizations and other citizens.
What is False.
500
These are not issued by a judge, and probable cause is not needed to obtain them. They are signed, issued, and used by the FBI.
What is National Security Letters (NSL)
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