Does the Use of Drug-Sniffing Dogs Violate the Fourth Amendment?

Does the Use of Drug-Sniffing Dogs Violate the Fourth Amendment?
Does the Use of Drug-Sniffing Dogs Violate the Fourth Amendment?

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday heard the oral arguments in two cases in which the nine justices must decide the constitutionality of the use of drug-sniffing dogs. Criminal defendants in the case say the use of the dogs constitutes a violation of the Fourth Amendment.

Host Carmen Russell-Sluchansky spoke with Leslie Shoebotham, an associate professor of law at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law who wrote an amicus brief on behalf of Fourth Amendment Scholars, to discuss the case.

 

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