When Terry v. Ohio was passed, critics of the new rules feared that the new rules would lead to the destruction of civil liberties. Why did they hold this concern? How did the Court (or how does the...

Assignment:
Terry V Ohio Case:
This was actually a very famous decision given by the US supreme court and gave the name Terry stop. This gave the constitutional right to the police to stop and frisk someone who is suspected to have either committed a crime or is about to. This is based on the fact of suspicion to believe a crime is afoot based on the circumstances. Though police had the power to stop or search anyone on the basis of suspicion but this law gave them that additional power to do a limited search of a suspect. The major outcome of the case was a judgement in favour of the appellees on the basis of the investigation of the court that the police was right to conduct a limited search of him and frisk Terry for the concealed weapon, in order to protect others from him. Stop-and-frisk had always been a police practice, but validation from the Supreme Court meant that the practice became more...