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 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:49:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 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?

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