The special FBI unit which engaged in the extralegal and illegal disruption and destabilizing of dissident political groups was known as:
a. The FBI Plumbers Unit
b. COINTELPRO
c. RICOINTEL
d. The Hippie Patrol
b. COINTELPRO
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Defendant was traveling by interstate bus from California to the east coast. During a scheduled stop in Oklahoma, all of the passengers left the bus
Police took a drug dog through the bus and the dog alerted to luggage in the belly of the bus that had a tag bearing defendant's name. After the passengers got back on the bus to resume their trip, one officer used a ruse to get the defendant to identify himself with the suitcase. Upon more thought, the defendant finally indicated that the suitcase was not his. When no one claimed the suitcase, police opened it to find illegal drugs. If the defendant disowned the luggage, A) he has voluntarily abandoned it and has no contention that any of his rights under the Fourth Amendment have been violated. B) he has no complaint if police or anyone else opened and looked through the contents of some else's luggage. C) he can still complain of the method used by police to force him to abandon his property and still attempt to suppress the drug evidence the police want to use against him. D) he can still attempt to suppress the evidence because the police conduct would be considered outrageous and unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment. E) A and B are both correct responses.
Research demonstrates among the public for locking up offenders.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
In Woodson v. North Carolina and Roberts v. Louisiana, the Supreme Court accepted mandatory statutes that automatically imposed death sentences for defined capital offenses.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
In Goss v. Lopez, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that:
a. school systems have a right to drug test all athletes b. any time a student is to be suspended for up to ten days he or she is entitled to a hearing c. high school students have a constitutional right to use active speech d. teachers have the right to use corporal punishment to discipline their students