Are the DUI Sobriety Checkpoints Unconstitutional?
Date: 2010.04.22 | Category: DUI Facts, DUI Laws | Tags: Constitution of the United States,drunk driving accidents,drunk driving roadblocks,DUI checkpoints,DUI roadblocks,MADD,Michigan State Constitution,Michigan Supreme Court,sobriety checkpoints,the DUI exception to the Constitution,violation of the Constitution It is clearly said in the Constitution of the United States that police is not authorized to stop someone and conduct an investigation unless there are “articulable facts” that indicates possible criminal activity. So why police show an exceptional behavior for DUI roadblocks? It is a good question indeed. And this question was raised in the case of Michigan v. Sitz (496 U.S. 444). In that case the U.S. Supreme Court reviewed a decision of the Michigan Supreme Court and hence the court strike down drunk driving roadblocks as unconstitutional. Statement made by the court justifying the need of DUI roadblocks In a 6-3 decision, the Michigan court was reversed by the court, hold
