The Fourth Amendment's Prohibition of Unreasonable Search and Seizure Does Not Prevent the Police from Implementing a Traffic Roadblock for the Purpose of Soliciting Information Related to a Specific Crime: Illinois v. Lidster

Authors

Scott Weeber

Abstract

The United States Supreme Court held that traffic roadblocks are reasonable if they are set up by the police in order to obtain information from the drivers about a specific crime, and therefore they do not violate the Fourth Amendment's prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures.

Illinois v. Lidster, 124 S. Ct. 885, 888 (2004).

First Page

163

Recommended Citation

Scott Weeber, The Fourth Amendment's Prohibition of Unreasonable Search and Seizure Does Not Prevent the Police from Implementing a Traffic Roadblock for the Purpose of Soliciting Information Related to a Specific Crime: Illinois v. Lidster, 43 Duq. L. Rev. 163 (2004).
Available at: https://dsc.duq.edu/dlr/vol43/iss1/8