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...SCOPE OF CONSENT...
...Harvard Law School Lecturer Wesley Oliver said the reason given for a search may affect the scope of the consent...
...scope of the consent is governed by what the officer said he’s looking for,” he said. “So, if an officer asked, ‘you wouldn’t mind us looking for elephants in your shed?’ ‘Well, officer, go ahead’ but that’s not consent to search his tool box. Here, the cop says, ‘I’m looking for a stereo’ and he doesn’t look like he’s searching...
...suggested Sharon was prepared to unilaterally draw a border in the West Bank between Israel and what might become a Palestinian state, emptying Jewish settlements that fell on the wrong side. It's an interesting idea, and perhaps a good one, but it's not peacemaking, which requires mutual consent. Sharon almost certainly would have apportioned more West Bank land to Israel than the Palestinians would have kept the conflict alive. His notion of coming to terms with the Palestinians is a bit like the idea that getting out of a bad marriage is as simple as saying, "I divorce...
That law required married women to receive their husband’s consent before obtaining an abortion, except in cases of spousal abuse. Alito said the law was constitutional because it did not impose an “undue burden” on women...