Chandler v. Miller - Significance
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Although the Supreme Court acknowledged that the U.S. Constitution gives states the right to set qualifications and protocol for state elections, the Court viewed Georgia's statute as an unreasonable, suspicionless search. Moreover, this decision definitively stipulated that regardless of purpose, in order for any state to engage in any act that involved suspicionless search there had to exist a viable, compelling government interest or special need to justify infringement on individual rights granted under the U.S. Constitution.
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