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What type of roadblock does the Supreme Court say is unconstitutional?
a. A roadblock to control drunk driving
b. A roadblock to control the flow of illegal aliens
c. A roadblock to detect evidence of ordinary criminal wrongdoing
d. A roadblock to obtain information about a hit-and-run

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c. A roadblock to detect evidence of ordinary criminal wrongdoing.

The Supreme Court in City of Indianapolis v. Edmond (2000) held that checkpoints whose primary purpose is general crime control (e.g., drug interdiction) are unconstitutional. By contrast, sobriety checkpoints (Michigan Dept. of State Police v. Sitz), immigration checkpoints near the border (United States v. Martinez-Fuerte), and information checkpoints about a specific recent crime like a hit-and-run (Illinois v. Lidster) have been upheld.