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Panich52

(5,829 posts)
Sat Jan 24, 2015, 12:39 AM Jan 2015

SCOTUS, 4th Amendment & traffic stops

SCOTUS is heari.g 2 cases for which they have virtually no connection - on when cops can stop your car.

I ran across 2 articles on the issue.

#SCOTUS Upholds Auto Stop With No Traffic Violation

http://shar.es/1bilZL
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Sotomayor to Justice Department Lawyer: 'We Can't Keep Bending the Fourth Amendment to the Resources of Law Enforcement' | Reason.com

http://reason.com/blog/2015/01/22/sotomayor-to-justice-department-lawyer-w

The Roberts Court is determined to shred civil rights, probably on a string of 5-4 decisions...

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SCOTUS, 4th Amendment & traffic stops (Original Post) Panich52 Jan 2015 OP
It is frightening marym625 Jan 2015 #1
Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2015 #2
Yeah! Whoever heard of a white immigrant? arcane1 Jan 2015 #3

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