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...parliamentary debate tournament. In order to be admitted to the tightly-sealed Penn Quadrangle, where I was to sleep, I had to show an official Penn housing pass, a driver's licence and be escorted by a card-carrying Penn student. The dormitory entrance resembled nothing so much as Checkpoint Charlie. It's enough to make you appreciate a campus where a cry of "Hold the door, please!" is sufficient to gain entry to a residence...
...state police department was sued soon afterthe checkpoint program began. The lawsuit allegedthat the checkpoints violated the FourthAmendment's ban on unreasonable police searchesand seizures...
...defending the checkpoint program, MichiganAttorney General Frank Kelley told the justicesthat fighting drunken driving is a "grave andlegitimate public interest...
...said Michigan's checkpoint program is valideven if it is not the most effective policeprocedure or may carry the "potential ofgenerating fear and surprise in some motorists...
Lawyers for those who successfully challengedthe checkpoint program urged the justices toreject the appeal...