Cenk Uygur
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Supreme Court Gives Police Blank Check
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9:27Now PlayingThe Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the government having expanded search and seizure powers. However, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote an epic dissent in favor of the people’s right against illegal searches. Cenk Uygur and John Iadarola, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
“On Monday, a short-handed Supreme Court blew a giant 5-3 hole into the Fourth Amendment, effectively ruling that an illegal stop and seizure can be retroactively legalized if police determine that the suspect has an open warrant after the illegal stop but before initiating the search. This is true even if that open warrant stems from a traffic violation, as it did in the case of the defendant in Utah v. Strieff, who was discovered to be carrying methamphetamine and paraphernalia. It seems that police may now conduct illegal stops and run people for warrants, and then search them if they find one, with near impunity.
The Court’s four conservatives were joined by not-quite-as-liberal-as-you-think Justice Stephen Breyer, and Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a vicious, and now viral, dissent. There is a lot of debate over how Merrick Garland, if confirmed to the Court, would affect its tenuous balance. It seems likely that in this case, given his track record, he would have voted with the conservative majority.
As I wrote in March, Judge Garland has tended to side with law enforcement during his tenure on the D.C. Circuit Court, including in search and seizure cases. While liberals have successfully made abortion rights a litmus test for judicial appointments, Obama’s nomination of Garland suggests that the criminal justice issues that have recently become the center of explosive protest are still of negotiable importance.”
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