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-An investigation revealed that high school athletes in Vernonia were taking part in drug use. The school was worried this would increase the risk of injury and created a policy to authorize giving student athletes random drug tests. James Acton, and his family refused this.

-Does random drug testing of high school athletes violate the fourth amendment?

-6-3 ruling determined the student's rights were not violated

-Their rights were limited

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Vernonia School District 47J v. Acton Case Brief Summary | Law Case Explained

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Safford United School District vs Redding

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Safford United School District vs Redding

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There was 8th grade student who was stripped search after they were accused of having ibuprofen on them. They sued the school district saying it was unconstitutional and her 4th amendment rights were not respected. Lower court ruled strip search was wrong and the school appealed to the Supreme Court.

Does the Fourth Amendment prohibit school officials from strip searching students suspected of possessing drugs in violation of school policy?

Vote was 8-1 in favor of Safford in part. Student's 4th amendment was violated as the search was too much for what she was accused of but school officials do not have to pay damages.

The case upheld student rights.

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School Strip-Search Case Win At Supreme Court

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Summary .

On August 2, 2009, David Leon Riley and others opened fire on a rival gang member driving past them. after shooting at them serial days passed and police pulled Riley over driving a different car; he was driving on expired license registration tags. Because Riley's driver's license was suspended, police impounded the car and searched the car. During the search, police located two guns and arrested him. he had a phone on him when he was arrested. so a gang unit detective analyzed videos and photographs of Riley making gang signs and other gang indicia that were stored on the phone to determine whether Riley was gang affiliated. which tied back to the shooting last aug, and separate charges were brought to include shooting at an occupied vehicle, attempted murder, and assault with a semi-automatic firearm.

constitutional issue/ Question

Was the evidence admitted at trial from Riley's cell phone discovered through a search that violated his Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches

source ruling

wrote the opinion for the unanimous Court.

The digital data cannot be used as a weapon to harm an arresting officer, and police officers have the ability to preserve evidence while awaiting a warrant.

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Summary:

A police officer was suspicious of Terry and two other men, so he stopped them and searched them, then ended up finding weapons on two of the men. Terry was sentenced to 3 years in jail because he was convicted of carrying a concealed weapon.

Question:

Did the search and seizure of Terry and the other men violate their 4th amendment right?

SCOTUS Ruling:

8-1 ruling in favor of the police officer

The defendant's rights were limited b/c the court ruled in favor of the police officer saying it was reasonable for him to search the men for his own safety

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Terry v. Ohio Case Brief Summary | Law Case Explained

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Religion being probable cause for a search

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Religion being probable cause for a search

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-Some people believe that religion can be proper evidence to provide a probable cause for a search on Syrian refugees in the US. Ben Carson, who wishes to become president some day, does not believe in this. However he said that he would listen to those who have evidence to believe otherwise.

-Does conducting a search based off religion violate the 8th amendment?

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Unreasonable search and Seizure - Maurice Vaughn 

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Unreasonable search and Seizure - Maurice Vaughn 

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Summary:

Maurice Vaughn pulled his car into his brother's driveway, but he saw a police car following him. He was questioned by the police and asked why his windshield was cracked and he was arrested for driving with a suspended license. The reason this case was brought to court was because Vaughn's 4th amendment was violated when the police searched his car and found a gun and charged him with felony gun possession. A federal judge ruled that Vaughn's 4th amendment rights were violated and the search was unreasonable.