The Supreme Court ruled in a 1990 case, Michigan v. Sitz, that a sobriety checkpoint, while constituting a seizure, was not unreasonable because the interest in public safety outweighed the minimal intrusion on a driver's time and privacy.
But analysts said it was unreasonable to expect similar interest in many sales categories beyond consumer electronics.
Its conclusion: Byrd's nonemergency cross-gender strip search was unreasonable, violating the "privacy interest of inmates in their personal dignity".
A better alternative would be to allow former students to use bankruptcy where the terms of the loans are clearly unreasonable (including double-digit interest rates, for example), or the loans were made to attend schools whose graduates have very low rates of employment after graduation.
Bank of England governor Mark Carney has told the Treasury committee that it's 'not unreasonable' to think that UK interest rates could hit 2.5% within three years.
Updated at 10.20am GMT 10.15am GMT Carney: rates could hit 2.5% in three years Mark Carney has told the Treasury committee that it's not unreasonable to think that UK interest rates could rise to 2%to2.5%5% over the next three years, in a 'gradual' manner.
Banks are going crazy these days to give out loans and credit cards, but often their motives are centered around extremely high interest rates, or unreasonable fees and repayment schedules.
We knew it was unreasonable to expect to share every interest.
Yet fans are losing interest on account of unreasonable kick-off times, exorbitant ticket prices and dismal fare.
If Italy or any other euro-zone country were in good shape and could pay its debts, the European Central Bank could provide ample short-term support, through buying up bonds to prevent interest rates from reaching unreasonable levels.
