Comments on: Sobriety Checkpoints: the Slippery Slope http://www.duiblog.com/2006/06/05/sobriety-checkpoints-the-slippery-slope/ Bad Drunk Driving Laws, False Evidence and a Fading Constitution Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:35:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: brigitteg414 http://www.duiblog.com/2006/06/05/sobriety-checkpoints-the-slippery-slope/comment-page-1/#comment-1928 brigitteg414 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:23:29 +0000 http://duiblog.level2hosting.com/?p=358#comment-1928 The fourth amendment states: "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized." Although some argue that sobriety checkpoints sufficiently advanced the public interest, this checkpoint is a clear intrusion on individual liberty. This is just one amongst many of the constitutions that we have created, yet ignored when it comes to fairness and equality. Police have already gotten away with stopping us for whatever reason imaginable, so what's next? Should the Fourth Amendment be advancing in protection for group privacy, individual mobility, and property in a multi-racial republic? The fourth amendment states: “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”

Although some argue that sobriety checkpoints sufficiently advanced the public interest, this checkpoint is a clear intrusion on individual liberty. This is just one amongst many of the constitutions that we have created, yet ignored when it comes to fairness and equality. Police have already gotten away with stopping us for whatever reason imaginable, so what’s next? Should the Fourth Amendment be advancing in protection for group privacy, individual mobility, and property in a multi-racial republic?

]]> By: DUI BLOG : Bad Drunk Driving Laws, False Evidence and a Fading Constitution http://www.duiblog.com/2006/06/05/sobriety-checkpoints-the-slippery-slope/comment-page-1/#comment-1753 DUI BLOG : Bad Drunk Driving Laws, False Evidence and a Fading Constitution Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:29:23 +0000 http://duiblog.level2hosting.com/?p=358#comment-1753 [...] use of roadblocks for purposes other than DUI detection.  See, for example, my earlier posts Sobriety Checkpoints: The Slippery Slope and The Slow Death of the Fourth Amendment.  Or just look around [...] […] use of roadblocks for purposes other than DUI detection.  See, for example, my earlier posts Sobriety Checkpoints: The Slippery Slope and The Slow Death of the Fourth Amendment.  Or just look around […]

]]> By: DUI BLOG : Bad Drunk Driving Laws, False Evidence and a Fading Constitution http://www.duiblog.com/2006/06/05/sobriety-checkpoints-the-slippery-slope/comment-page-1/#comment-1508 DUI BLOG : Bad Drunk Driving Laws, False Evidence and a Fading Constitution Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:41:26 +0000 http://duiblog.level2hosting.com/?p=358#comment-1508 [...] I’ve often reminded readers of this blog that we are a nation of legal precedent:  once a legal doctrine is adopted by the courts in a specific situation, it is thereafter applied in a broader context.  The danger of the Sitz decision goes far beyond the DUI roadblock situation:  if  police can stop you without reason for possible drunk driving today, then they can stop you for any reason tommorrow.  (See Sobriety Checkpoints: The Slippery Slope.)   [...] […] I’ve often reminded readers of this blog that we are a nation of legal precedent:  once a legal doctrine is adopted by the courts in a specific situation, it is thereafter applied in a broader context.  The danger of the Sitz decision goes far beyond the DUI roadblock situation:  if  police can stop you without reason for possible drunk driving today, then they can stop you for any reason tommorrow.  (See Sobriety Checkpoints: The Slippery Slope.)   […]

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