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Showing Original Post only (View all)In Lone Dissent, Justice Sotomayor Blasts Majority Opinion: 'No Foundation in Fact or Logic' [View all]
Source: Law & Crime
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor authored the lone and blistering dissent in an opinion which increased the power of police officers to conduct vehicle stops while diminishing the protections of the Fourth Amendment against unreasonable searches and seizures.
The majoritys justifications for [the opinions] new approach have no foundation in fact or logic, the left-leaning justice notes.
Stylized as Kansas v. Glover, the 8-1 opinion concerns a man, Charles Glover Jr., whose license plate was run by a Douglas County Sheriffs deputy for no discernible law enforcement purpose. Running the plate determined that the owner of the vehicle had his drivers license revoked, so the deputy then pulled Glover over on the assumption that he was the driver.
Glover was ultimately charged with driving as a habitual violator.
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