Barry Friedman on SCOTUS, Scalia, and American Policing
Barry Friedman, Reporter on Principles of the Law, Police Investigations, published a piece in The Atlantic titled “How Did Justice Scalia Shape American Policing?”
In the piece, Professor Friedman discusses Justice Scalia’s history on the Court in ruling on police matters, in particular on Miranda and search-and-seizure issues, noting that the Justice was not necessarily predictable in how he would vote. Professor Friedman also looks ahead to the 2016 Presidential election, noting that the next President may have the opportunity to fill as many as three vacancies on the Court. “With those positions to fill, a new president could change the constitutional law of policing more dramatically than it has been in decades.”
Read the full article on The Atlantic’s website.
In addition to serving as a Reporter for ALI, Barry Friedman is the Jacob D. Fuchsberg Professor at New York University School of Law and the director of NYU’s Policing Project. His is the author of the upcoming book Unwarranted: Policing Without Permission.
