ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS FROM READING PAGES 97-139 of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander.
1. Compare the “Old Jim Crow” system to the “New Jim Crow” system. What similarities? What differences? Purposes? Methods?
2. How have the courts weakened the Fourth Amendment since 1982? Both chapters 2 and 3 describe important decisions. It would be a good idea to have a list of specific decisions. We might find them useful in future discussions.
3. In what ways is jury selection biased? Do you think the process needs to be fixed? Why or why not?
4. What has been the role of the Supreme Court in addressing racial bias since the beginning of the Drug War?
5. What are the 5 other instances when a valid search can be conducted without a search warrant? (Feel free to use outside sources to answer this prompt).