American Criminal Law Review articles from June 2000

American Criminal Law Review archives from June 2000

"From pillar to post": the prosecution of American presidents.
June 22, 2000... [W]ould the executive be independent of the judiciary, if he were subject to the commands of the latter, & to imprisonment for disobedience; if the several courts could bandy him from pillar to post, keep him constantly trudging from north to...

Safeguarding equal protection rights: the search for an exclusionary rule under the equal protection clause.
June 22, 2000... I. INTRODUCTION Law enforcement exercises tremendous discretion in deciding whom to investigate for suspected violations of the law.(1) In perhaps no setting does law enforcement possess greater discretion than in the decision to conduct a...

Traffic stops, littering tickets, and police warnings: the case for a Fourth Amendment non-custodial arrest doctrine.
June 22, 2000... I. INTRODUCTION Over the past thirty years, the United States Supreme Court has recognized and developed three categories of police-citizen encounters for purposes of the Fourth Amendment:(1) consensual encounters,(2) investigative...

Will Miranda survive? Dickerson v. United States: the right to remain silent, the Supreme Court, and Congress.(Panel Discussion)
June 22, 2000... STACEY OSTFELD: Students, faculty, members of the administration, and distinguished guests. Good evening and welcome to the American Criminal Law Review Fifth Annual Debate. My name is Stacey Ostfeld and I am the Editor-In-Chief of the journal....

How parental liability statutes criminalize and stigmatize minority mothers.
June 22, 2000... INTRODUCTION During the past decade, approximately one-half of the states enacted or strengthened existing parental liability statutes that make parents criminally liable for the actions of their delinquent children.(1) These statutes,...

DNA databases: when fear goes too far.
June 22, 2000... I. INTRODUCTION Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the Government's purposes are beneficent. Men born to freedom are naturally alert to repel invasion of their liberty by evil-minded rulers. The...