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SCantiGOP

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23. This can be corrected

Mon Jun 20, 2016, 06:24 PM

Jun 2016

If the we and our Party don't screw it up, Trump and demographics could easily give us another 8-12 years of Democratic-appointed SC justices. Get rid of Thomas and Alito and you won't see these kind of decisions.

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This SCOTUS decision is really, REALLY bad news! Read this from Sotomayer:: [View all] vkkv Jun 2016 OP

Couple this decision with the rise of public prisons where the police are truly now no_hypocrisy Jun 2016 #1

+1! tecelote Jun 2016 #33

Another reason to reject prisons for profit. midnight Jun 2016 #36

Corporate takeover TexasMommaWithAHat Jun 2016 #48

Do you have a link to a source? eom guillaumeb Jun 2016 #2

link to cnn story on the issue... msongs Jun 2016 #3

Yes, edited in to OP - sorry................. NT vkkv Jun 2016 #4

Here's a story on it, with Sotomayor's dissent. mountain grammy Jun 2016 #6

The Fourth and Fifth Amendments do take a beating. Eleanors38 Jun 2016 #5

SInce 2001 mrr303am Jun 2016 #7

If you have money, the easier it is to exploit your environment. Phlem Jun 2016 #12

I agree with you that will be the way it plays out, mrr303am Jun 2016 #25

Vote democratic to get the senate back and a president who will appoint a rational SC justice. bjobotts Jun 2016 #52

Wait a minute. The Senate Democrats voted last night in favor of secret government lists. Ikonoklast Jun 2016 #54

The "gun question" is pure culture war. And one side is losing... Eleanors38 Jun 2016 #55

Fruit of the poisonous tree... 63splitwindow Jun 2016 #8

Police in the south will indeed be gathering some Strange Fruit, sadly... vkkv Jun 2016 #9

Change it up a little ... Lurker Deluxe Jun 2016 #10

That's not what this decision is about. It's about getting pulled over vkkv Jun 2016 #11

No Lurker Deluxe Jun 2016 #13

Then anyone COULD be at a place they weren't supposed to be at any time. Walking by a pizza uponit7771 Jun 2016 #17

So what to do? Lurker Deluxe Jun 2016 #21

Make special provisions by law or get a warrant for the stops for those places not any place... uponit7771 Jun 2016 #22

how could you get a warrant Lurker Deluxe Jun 2016 #24

A warrant for the place a person is coming from, they stopped him because of where he was uponit7771 Jun 2016 #26

Right Lurker Deluxe Jun 2016 #32

Hmmmm you have some good points, were's the middle ground.. I'm black, I don't want stop and frisk uponit7771 Jun 2016 #34

Differences Curtis Jun 2016 #40

You are sadly mistaken.... Silver_Witch Jun 2016 #43

I am not Lurker Deluxe Jun 2016 #50

You are indeed wrong in your premise Silver_Witch Jun 2016 #59

As long as a warrant for your arrest... 63splitwindow Jun 2016 #14

I heard on NPR yesterday there are over 7 million warrants outstanding in the U.S. OnlinePoker Jun 2016 #47

It throws " probable cause" out the window. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2016 #15

How can any sting ever work? Lurker Deluxe Jun 2016 #16

Cause the cops now have 2 trillion "drug houses" or any place of ill repute to claim someone uponit7771 Jun 2016 #19

Presumably you read the decision and the dissents. malthaussen Jun 2016 #20

Yeah. but tell us how you feel, Justice Sotomayer. malthaussen Jun 2016 #18

This can be corrected SCantiGOP Jun 2016 #23

Yes. A solid liberal-leaning majority will fix this. Hortensis Jun 2016 #27

I'm not convinced on that davidn3600 Jun 2016 #28

Agreed! Silver_Witch Jun 2016 #45

the point is, it is not the parties SCantiGOP Jun 2016 #56

It is clearly a violation of the 4th Amendment. Silver_Witch Jun 2016 #58

No argument here SCantiGOP Jun 2016 #60

Ginsburg is notorious loyalsister Jun 2016 #29

So it turns out we were the land of the free marybourg Jun 2016 #30

Papers, Please..... n2doc Jun 2016 #31

What in the world got into Justice Breyer? Siding with the neocons. cureautismnow Jun 2016 #35

Why can't they all be like her? davidthegnome Jun 2016 #37

Exactly!! Thank you! Silver_Witch Jun 2016 #44

What will this mean as applied to free speech issues during the campaign? Ford_Prefect Jun 2016 #38

NPR listen L. Coyote Jun 2016 #39

She used language from black lives matter lovemydog Jun 2016 #41

Now it is official. We are guilty until proven innocent! Silver_Witch Jun 2016 #42

There goes the Fourth Amendment out the window. n/t geardaddy Jun 2016 #46

prisoners in our own homes. Javaman Jun 2016 #49

yes it is still_one Jun 2016 #51

Yep, they keep taking away our rights, bit by bit. lark Jun 2016 #53

HRC 2016 or have the court continue its conservative values ffr Jun 2016 #57