Based on the limitations imposed on law enforcement agencies by the Fourth Amendment(as interpreted by the U.S. Supreme Court), and the capabilities available to law enforcement officers via Drone technology:
1. carefully analyze the Court’s decisions in the specifically identified cases, as well as the additional cases dealing with the Exclusionary Rule found in the casebook;
2. briefly, very briefly summarize the most significant legal issues on each side of the debate
([a] should law enforcement agencies be able to utilize Drone technology without a warrant, or
[b]should a warrant be required prior to law enforcement’s use of such devices,and why?). (in your analysis,carefully consider the issue as to whether Drones are similar or dissimilar to the other forms of “aircraft”discussed in the cases);
3. CONCLUSION: based on your research, and based on the previous holdings of the U.S. Supreme Court in Search and Seizure cases, which side of Drone issue represents the stronger position in light the Supreme Court’s rulings in cases dealing with the Search and Seizure issues? Justify your conclusion with careful analysis and rational, logical reasoning; and
4. ̈as to the Conclusion, merely stating that both sides have strong and essentially equal positions is not an acceptable outcome–you must articulately adopt one side of the issue, providing rational justification,supported by legal reasoning,for that conclusion. A failure to reach adefinitive conclusion on one side or the other of the issue,will result in a markedly lower grade for this paper