POLISCI 361 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Exclusionary Rule, Telephone Tapping

• School: UMASS-Amherst
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLISCI 361
• Professor: Sheldon Goldman

Document Summary

Second amendment rights: district of columbia v heller, facts- dc law banned handgun possession and firearms must be non-functional in home. Argued the 2nd amend should be applicable to the states bc of the 14th: outcome- court rules 2nd amend right applicable to state via 14th due process- right to self defense is a fundamental and deeply rooted right. Post warren court and the rights of the accused: fourth amendment rights, u. s. v. us district court, facts- officials used wiretapping to investigate suspects conspiring to destroy govt. 4th standards: students have lesser privacy expectation than adults- student athletes have even less expectation of privacy.