What recommendations would you make to improve the ability of police and the courts to balance the sometimes conflicting interests of liberty and security?Does the tension result in a balancing of important rights, or an erosion of important rights?

Term paper

Question #1:  use the DIRE structure (Define, In other words, Relevance, Example) to explain five out of the eight concepts below. Your choice.
A Exclusionary Rule
B Fourth Amendment
C Nationalization of US Constitution
D Searches not requiring a warrant
E Stop and Frisk
F Probable Cause
G Reasonable Expectation of Privacy
H Reasonable Suspicion

Question #2: For the past two months we have been considering the tension between liberty and security. Write a one-page response to the questions below:

A. Does the tension result in a balancing of important rights, or an erosion of important rights?

B. What is the US Supreme Court’s role in resolving this tension over time?

C. What role do the police play in balancing the interests of liberty and security?

D. What recommendations would you make to improve the ability of police and the courts to balance the sometimes conflicting interests of liberty and security?

Question #3: Several weeks ago, we watched a short documentary regarding the tensions that spilled over on January 6, 2021 (the “Capitol Riot”) concerning the 2020 US Presidential Election. Considering the video and news objectively and not politically, what issues regarding policing, the Constitution, crimes, arrests, public and private property, were revealed, as relevant to our study?