Forum Newsfront
April, 1986
Constitutional PrioritiesSpringfield, Illinois--The Use of police roadblocks to catch drunk drivers has been unanimously upheld by the Illinois Supreme Court on the ground that the state's responsibility to protect the public transcends constitutional protections against search and seizure without probable cause. In its decision, the court said that "the degree of intrusion on the individual's privacy must be balanced against the strength of the public need for the intrusion." Of equal...
