Are We Moving Towards Requiring Citizens to Carry Identification Cards and Would This Be a Good Thing?

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2006

Authors

Loewy, Arnold H.

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Abstract

Under the Hiibel case, a person must provide identification upon a police officer’s request regardless of whether the police officer answers the person’s questions. The author contends that requiring citizens to provide identification upon police request at any time would not be a positive development and would deprive innocent citizens of their anonymity.

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identification cards, privacy, security, Hiibel, reasonable suspicion, identification, police, search and seizure, anonymity

Citation

Arnold H. Loewy, Are We Moving Towards Requiring Citizens to Carry Identification Cards and Would This Be a Good Thing? (2006).