The Demarcation Line of Liberty

The Fourth Amendment at the Border

The Nogales Border Wall - International Street

POL. 699 -- Independent Study
For:
Professor James Todd
By:
George A. Thomson
June, 1999


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Overview of the paper

Sociopolitical distinctness of the border

Reasonableness and police power

The US Supreme Court's Interpretation of border searches- Unbalanced Interests

Constitutions -- Social Contract or Natural Rights Compact? United States v. Verdugo-Urquidez

A Historical overview of the Fourth Amendment.

Conclusions

Works Cited

Outline of paper