The court ends a busy term with a major ruling on police searches
It was a very good year for prosecutors and police as the U.S. Supreme Court sliced away at various precedents to give more leeway to law enforcement. In completing its work for the term, the court last week handed down 19 decisions, including what one law professor called "a real get-out-of-town" ruling on a major Fourth Amendment search-and-seizure issue. Overshadowing their other opinions on such matters as women's rights and free speech, the Justices did what law officials had long hoped...
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