4th Amendment
On October 24, 2012, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a complaint in the United States District Court, Southern District of Mississippi asserting that the City of Meridian, County of Lauderdale, and State of Mississippi are engaging in a “pattern or practice of unlawful conduct through which they routinely and systematically arrest and incarcerate children,…
On August 10, 2012, the U.S. Department of Justice released a findings report regarding their investigation of Lauderdale County Youth Court, Meridian Police Department, and Mississippi Division of Youth Services. The findings included the following violations: “(1) The City of Meridian Violates the Fourth Amendment by Arresting Children Without Assessing Probable Cause; (2) Lauderdale County…
This amicus brief by Advocates for Children’s Services of Legal Aid of North Carolina, American Civil Liberties Union, The Gault Center, and others argues the suspicionless search of all female students at an alternative school is unconstitutional under the 4th Amendment where the search’s main purpose was arrest and prosecution by law enforcement. Further, the…
On January 29, 2010, the Department of Justice issued a findings letter regarding an investigation of the Indianapolis Juvenile Correctional Facility (ICJF) pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1997 (CIPRA), and the pattern or practice provision of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, U.S.C. §14141…
This research paper from the Journal of Interpretation looks at the intersection of a subset of deaf people, who are classified as semilingual (meaning they are functionally illiterate (reading level grade 2.9 or below) and lack proficient English or sign language skills.), and their involvement in the legal system. The research paper examines eleven frequently…
The U.S. Supreme Court held the 4th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution applies to searches by school officials and is not limited to searches carried out by law enforcement officers. The Court reasoned that children in school have a reasonable expectation of privacy, and that searches must be reasonably justified at inception and in its scope so as not to be excessively intrusive given a child’s age,…
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