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Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2015 1:37 pm
by Malcolm
Fuck 'em.
The justices voted 6-3 in favor of a driver who was found to have methamphetamine in his car. Dennys Rodriguez was issued a warning for driving on the shoulder of a Nebraska highway and then made to wait less than 10 minutes for officers to walk a drug-sniffing dog around the car. The dog alerted and a search of the vehicle turned up the drugs.
Eat a dick, cops. Eat a fucking dick.
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2015 1:52 pm
by TPRJones
Wow, I guess sometimes they do still support the rights of the citizens.
Weird.
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2015 1:54 pm
by Malcolm
Well, 2/3rds of them.
Justices Samuel Alito, Anthony Kennedy and Clarence Thomas dissented.
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Alito called Tuesday's decision "unnecessary, impractical and arbitrary" because the officer did have reasonable suspicion that the car contained drugs.
Unnecessary. Impractical. Arbitrary. All words I'd use to describe the country's drug policy from top to bottom, fed to local levels, as well as most aspects of justice or law enforcement.
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Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 1:09 pm
by Malcolm
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 1:17 pm
by Malcolm
Holy shit. Supreme Court is kicking ass and taking names.
The court's liberal justices defended the program's intent -- to prop up market prices when too many raisins are grown -- but they acknowledged it may be outdated. It was used most recently during the bumper crop years of 2003-04; in one of those years, growers were blocked from selling 47% of the crop.
Fortunately, sanity is likely prevailing.
The court's conservative justices, led by Chief Justice John Roberts, exhibited little patience for the Obama administration's arguments on behalf of a regulatory program begun during the Truman administration.
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Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 2:38 pm
by GORDON
Malcolm wrote: Supreme Court is kicking ass and taking names.
Are they going to rule on Obamacare subsidies for non-state exchanges this go round?
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 2:56 pm
by Malcolm
GORDON wrote:Malcolm wrote: Supreme Court is kicking ass and taking names.
Are they going to rule on Obamacare subsidies for non-state exchanges this go round?
That went before them at the beginning of March. Means no word until June or July.
Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 2:48 pm
by Malcolm
Train kept a-rollin'.
The Supreme Court struck down a Los Angeles ordinance Monday that allowed police to inspect hotel guest records on demand.
The justices voted 5-4to reject the city's argument that the measure was needed to help fight prostitution, drug trafficking and illegal gambling at budget hotels and motels.
Go fuck yourselves, authoritarian assholes. Find a time machine, turn back the clock a few decades, and go find employment in the USSR. I almost have hope the court's not full of idiots.
Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 4:42 pm
by TheCatt
Malcolm wrote:Go fuck yourselves, authoritarian assholes. Find a time machine, turn back the clock a few decades, and go find employment in the USSR.
I find this statement delicious, in the wake of your American 2 posting.
Justice Anthony Kennedy and Sotomayor's three liberal colleagues joined her in the majority.
Little surprised by that grouping.
Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 5:29 pm
by Malcolm
I find this statement delicious, in the wake of your American 2 posting.
The rules for cops looking out for "public safety" isn't the same set of rules for everyday driving. If cops want hotel records, they can get a warrant or Warrant. The rules of driving are staggeringly simple.
1) Don't hit anything.
2) Maximize throughput for the most cars possible in the least amount of aggregate time.
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Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2015 3:11 pm
by Malcolm
Supreme Court rules mandatory minimum sentences were applied stupidly.