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TSA Highway Searches In Tennessee Are Unconstitutional
The Homeland Security News Wire, which claims to be “a leading e-information service, delivering daily digital reports, in-depth analysis, news, and researched background on the day’s developments in...
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Investigatory Stop Or Voluntary Citizen Initiated Contact With Police?
An interesting Fourth Amendment issue arises from time to time regarding whether a police officer initiates a contact with a person operating a motor vehicle by pulling it over, or the driver...
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The Curious Case of the Three Suppression Orders (Part 2)
Author’s note: In case y’all missed it or want to refresh your recollection, Part 1 is here. Deputy McGuire testified at the suppression hearing that he was dispatched by 911 to investigate a call by a...
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The Full-Text Motion For Discretionary Review [Frog Gravy Legal Case]
For those of you following the legal case, the 26-page Kentucky Court of Appeals Published Opinion Affirming is available online at the Kentucky Court of Appeals site. Other documents, such as this...
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The Art of Cross Examination (Part 5) The Killer Cross That Never Happened
Author’s Note: This is a continuation of the Killer Cross that never happened because Crane Station’s lawyer, Chris McNeill, refused to use it. If you have missed the first two parts of the cross,...
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The Decision From Hell (Part 1)
The Kentucky State Court of Appeals issued its decision affirming Crane Station’s conviction on January 21, 2011. Her motion for reconsideration was summarily denied without an explanation. Her motion...
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How Could Judge Taylor Forget Garcia v. Commonwealth?
Note: I am cross posting this article from Crane Station’s site with her permission. In the article, she points out that Judge Taylor, who signed off on the opinion written by Judge Lambert in her case...
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Get Out Your Checkbook, Aurora, CO!
Responding to a tip they considered to be “reliable,” police officers in Aurora, CO stopped all traffic at a downtown intersection two days ago (June 4), removed all of the adult drivers and passengers...
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Did George Zimmerman Have a Reasonable Suspicion that Trayvon Martin Intended...
I believe it may be useful to compare what a police officer may have been able to do to Trayvon Martin, if he had seen him walking in the rain. A police officer could not have stopped Trayvon Martin...
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Zimmerman Did Not Have a Reasonable Suspicion to Believe Martin had...
Today, I am going to revisit the reasonable-suspicion rule that the SCOTUS established in Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 (1968). Even though George Zimmerman is a private individual and the rule only...
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Why is President Obama considering nominating Ray Kelly to run DHS?
Thursday, August 15, 2013 Good morning to all of our friends. Today we take a look at the moribund Fourth Amendment that was revitalized by United States District Court Judge Shira Scheindlin in New...
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Profiling Muslims is a bad idea and it’s unconstitutional
In his OpEd yesterday in the Washington Post titled, Trump’s special version of Jim Crow — for Muslims, Eugene Robinson wrote, On Sunday, “Face the Nation” host John Dickerson reminded Trump that last...
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