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Thursday, October 13, 2011

SCOTUS and Strip Searches

Sixth Circuit opinions are all immigration decisions this morning, so we're back in the S. Ct.

The Court heard argument yesterday in Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders, No. 10-945. Issue is whether the Fourth Amendment allows jails to conduct suspicionless strip searches of all arrestees, even those arrested for only minor offenses, regardless of the circumstances.

The petition for a writ of cert was granted April 4, 2011. The Solicitor General moved the Court for leave to participate in argument, and the Court granted the motion.