The Supremes approve of cops' unlawful conduct

[midnight rambler]

http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/285828751.html

[mick silver]

OK even if police mistaken about the law

I thought thy knew the laws ?

[Glass]

OK even if police mistaken about the law

I thought thy knew the laws ?

No. Police don't know the law.They only know policy. The story goes to the issue of discovery. Did the po-po act reasonably in interdicting the traffic? According to policy he did. According to law he was not acting lawfully. The law if very clear and simple to comprehend. Policy is complicated and is often presented under colour of law. i.e. people mistake it for law.

This was in Washington D.C.? If so the constitution doesn't apply there. Did the person in question have a drivers license and present it on demand?

Remain silent. You do not need to incriminate yourself. When in doubt about what to do STFU is the first thing you should do.

[mick silver]

I was being silly , have not had coffee yet

[Glass]

I was being silly , have not had coffee yet

yes I know, still valuable info for the new comers around here.

[govcheetos]

Thought you meant these Supremes.

http://youtu.be/NPBkiBbO4_4

[Cebu_4_2]

Justice Sonia Sotomayor was the lone dissenter. She said an officer's mistake of law "no matter how reasonable, cannot support the individualized suspicion necessary to justify a seizure under the Fourth Amendment."

The notion that the law "is definite and knowable sits at the foundation of our legal system," Sotomayor said. "And it is courts, not officers, that are in the best position to interpret the laws."

Not part of the team?

[BrewTech]

Not part of the team?

No, probably just there to give the illusion that they actually debate these issues and there could possibly maybe be a hint of a possibility that justice might be served by a supreme court decision.

[crimethink]

No, probably just there to give the illusion that they actually debate these issues and there could possibly maybe be a hint of a possibility that justice might be served by a supreme court decision.

The Supremely Obscene Court takes orders directly from the secret World Sanhedrin. Antonin Scalia is actually the real "chief justice." He's the sitting expert on Talmudic/Noahide "law," though he claims to be "Catholic."

[BrewTech]

The Supremely Obscene Court takes orders directly from the secret World Sanhedrin. Antonin Scalia is actually the real "chief justice." He's the sitting expert on Talmudic/Noahide "law," though he claims to be "Catholic."

Which explains why he has a name that isn't quite human...