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That would be unconstitutional. Michigan Dept. of State Police v. Sitz established that sobriety checkpoints do violate the 4th, but allowed them, claiming that public safety from DUI prevention was more important. With no public safety at stake, stopping cars and checking ID without cause would not be legal.
I don't know. It appears that NYPD and other big city police have been stopping people on the street, sidewalks, etc. and asking for ID, searching their bags, and even patting them down.
They are getting away with it somehow.
My Way News - Police stop more than 1 million people on streetNEW YORK (AP) - A teenager trying to get into his apartment after school is confronted by police. A man leaving his workplace chooses a different route back home to avoid officers who roam a particular street.
These and hundreds of thousands of other Americans in big cities have been stopped on the street by police using a law-enforcement practice called stop-and-frisk that alarms civil libertarians but is credited by authorities with helping reduce crime.
Police in major U.S. cities stop and question more than a million people each year - a sharply higher number than just a few years ago. Most are black and Hispanic men. Many are frisked, and nearly all are innocent of any crime, according to figures gathered by The Associated Press.