Consent Cures All
This trap appears as a wrong-answer choice in 1 active question. Spotting how it is built is the repair: read each example's “why it's attractive” before the “why it's wrong.”
Subject distribution
- CRIMINAL1
Example wrong choices
19105_choir_tote_detention · CRIMINAL · Choice AYes, because canvas choir totes receive no Fourth Amendment protection in public.
Why it's attractive
The answer creates a no-protection rule for a personal bag in public.
Why it's wrong
The answer creates a no-protection rule for a personal bag in public.
19105_choir_tote_detention · CRIMINAL · Choice CNo, because consent searches always require written consent.
Why it's attractive
The answer says always, which overstates the consent-search rule.
Why it's wrong
The answer says always, which overstates the consent-search rule.
19105_choir_tote_detention · CRIMINAL · Choice DYes, because saying "yes" always cures any prior Fourth Amendment violation.
Why it's attractive
The answer says always and ignores the ongoing unlawful detention.
Why it's wrong
The answer says always and ignores the ongoing unlawful detention.
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