Week Five Questions
1. Why has the resistance to expanding constitutional protections to the private sector been so strong when the judiciary has little resistance to judicial expansionism in most areas of legal practice?
2.Why does strict constructionism appear to win the day in the battle over private security and the constitutional application of the Bill of Rights?
3.Explain in detail the platinum platter theory. Do you think it has validity? Is it a rare case?
4.When will state action arise from private action? Provide another example and corresponding description.
5.Critique the Zelinski decision. Why has the case not generated a following?
6.Critique any other case of private action and the law of arrest, search, and seizure.
