Constitutional Law
Feb. 6, 2002
Road Hazard
Forum Column - By Erwin Chemerinsky - The U.S. Supreme Court's most recent Fourth Amendment decision, United States v. Arvizu , 2002 WL 46773 (U.S. Jan. 15, 2002), continues the trend of significantly expanding police power to stop motorists on the flimsiest of bases. Arvizu , together with other cases from the past few years, makes it possible for the police to stop virtually any car, at any time that they want.
Erwin Chemerinsky
Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law
UC Berkeley School of Law
Erwin's most recent book is "Worse Than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism." He is also the author of "Closing the Courthouse," (Yale University Press 2017).
By Erwin Chemerinsky
The U.S. Supreme Court's most recent Fourth Amendment decision, United States v. Arvizu, 2002 WL 46773 (U.S. Jan. 15, 2002), continues the trend of significantly...
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