Searches and Seizures
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CIVIL RIGHTS LAWSUIT ALLOWED TO PROCEED DESPITE INHERENT WEAKNESS
The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution[1] prohibits the “unreasonable” “seizure” of persons by governmental agencies. In Gonzalez v. Trevino, decided on June 20, 2024, the Court allowed the plaintiff’s federal civil rights lawsuit, which alleged the defendant city officials had arrested her in retaliation for exercising her First Amendment rights, to proceed toward Continue reading
