Police parolee search ruling [US SC] News
Police parolee search ruling [US SC]

Samson v. California, Supreme Court of the United States, June 19, 2006 [holding that the Fourth Amendment does not prevent police officers from routinely searching parolees even when the search is not based on suspicion of criminal wrongdoing, but instead is due solely to the person's parolee status]. Read the Court's 6-3 majority opinion per Justice Thomas along with a dissent from Justice Stevens, who was joined by Justices Souter and Breyer. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.