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Post by avordvet on Jun 20, 2016 14:17:36 GMT -5
Supreme Court Rules for Police in Search CaseBy mark sherman, associated press WASHINGTON — Jun 20, 2016, 2:05 PM ET A divided Supreme Court bolstered police powers on Monday, ruling that evidence of a crime in some cases may be used against a defendant even if the police did something wrong or illegal in obtaining it. The 5-3 decision drew heated dissents from liberal justices who warned that the outcome would encourage police to violate people's rights. abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/supreme-court-rules-police-search-case-39989501
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Post by avordvet on Jun 21, 2016 12:31:29 GMT -5
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Post by avordvet on Jun 27, 2016 5:14:58 GMT -5
U.S. Supreme Court Guts Fourth Amendment, Sanctions Police Fishing Expeditions, Giving Police More Leeway to Stop, Arrest and Search CitizensThe Rutherfors Institute, June 21, 2016 WASHINGTON, DC — In a 5-3 ruling in Utah v. Strieff, the U.S. Supreme Court has opened the door for police to stop, arrest and search citizens without reasonable suspicion or probable cause. In a blistering dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor blasted the court for holding “that the discovery of a warrant for an unpaid parking ticket will forgive a police officer’s violation of your Fourth Amendment rights.” Sotomayor further warned, “[t]his case allows the police to stop you on the street, demand your identification, and check it for outstanding traffic warrants—even if you are doing nothing wrong… So long as the target is one of the many millions of people in this country with an outstanding arrest warrant, anything the officer finds in a search is fair game for use in a criminal prosecution. The officer’s incentive to violate the Constitution thus increases: From here on, he sees potential advantage in stopping individuals without reasonable suspicion—exactly the temptation the exclusionary rule is supposed to remove.” www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/on_the_front_lines/u.s._supreme_court_guts_fourth_amendment_sanctions_police_fishing_expeditio
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