Michael J.Z. Mannheimer is Professor of Law at Northern Kentucky University.
""A new theory of the Fourth Amendment is born. Michael Mannheimer's bracingly original understanding of the Fourth Amendment posits that the Framers saw it as necessarily tied to state law. He argues that courts should continue this interpretation. His defense of these propositions is utterly convincing."" --George Thomas, Rutgers Law School--George Thomas ""Mannheimer's use of landmark cases throughout history, such as Terry v. Ohio, Royer v. Florida, Tennessee v. Garner, and or more current case law to explain what the Fourth Amendment means when applied to the states, as well as his renewed vision of modern policing, are compelling. This book is recommended to educators, political scientists, lawyers, and judges."" --CHOICE Connect--A.A. Walden ""CHOICE Connect"" ""This book provides an historical, 'originalist' grounding for the view that the Fourth Amendment, together with the Fourteenth Amendment, requires that police searches and seizures in every state be authorized by law and be applied even-handedly, but that otherwise state law, not federal constitutional law, should govern police investigations. No other author has as masterfully tied together the federalist underpinnings of the Fourth Amendment, the anti-discrimination aspects of the Fourteenth Amendment, and modern scholarship about the role democracy should play in regulating the police. This book will provoke not only new scholarship but innovative legal arguments in an era when the Supreme Court is increasingly interested in originalist interpretations."" --Christopher Slobogin, Milton Underwood Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University--Christopher Slobogin