Rights Violations Research Paper

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Running head: RIGHTS VIOLATED? Rights Violated? James Toliver University of Phoenix CJA/364 Coleen Cusack October 22, 2012 Rights Violated? When dealing with any type of legal element within ones life, that person needs to fully understand what they are dealing with. They need to first know what the true legal definition of what legal element they are about to be dealing with. In this case, Rose Sampson may not have understood what her rights were. In the article it states, “ In her lawsuit, she alleged that district officials subjected her to an unreasonable search and seizure, a protection under the Fourth Amendment, and deprived her of due process, a right under the 14th Amendment, because the entry into her office was reported in the newspaper. In its…show more content…
It could have been unethical to go after hours the finding would have been the same if they were within business hours, there just would have been witnesses. So for Sampson to to file suit stating violation of her rights she wold have to prove that there was no probable cause for the search and seizer of those files. Sampson can not possible do that because the argument would arise that the probable cause would be the former superintendent and the current (Sampson) were being investigated also Sampson was filing lawsuit and those files could have helped her win her case. If Sampson would have been new to the position and the previous one had done nothing wrong, and maybe no investigations were happening then it could have been looked at as her Fourth Amendment right would have been violated. Her case for the 14th Amendment would be upheld but the Fourth Amendment would be dismissed as well with all the others. References Legal Information Institute. (1992) Cornell University Law School. Retrieved from: U.S. Constitution; 4th
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