Constitutional scholars question plan to cordon off neighborhoods

Constitutional scholars threw cold water on DC Mayor Adrian Fenty's plan to quarantine violent neighborhoods, warning that the effort to establish sealed off zones may well be headed for court.
"It's still a free country," said District Councilwoman Mary Cheh, D-Ward 3, a constitutional law professor at George Washington University. "You can travel where you want and not have to explain yourself to police."

The Examiner reported Wednesday that Fenty and his police chief, Cathy Lanier, want cops to shut down violent neighborhoods and throw up roadblocks, checking identification for anyone coming or going. Anyone without "a legitimate reason" to be in the neighborhood will be ordered out or face arrest.

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