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Nice to see a decent SCOTUS decision

In Brendlin v. California it was nice to see SCOTUS kick back a decision in favor of the expansion of Fourth Amendment protections, for a change.

Despite recent decisions limiting bill of rights protections such as Morse v. Frederick (first amendment - limiting free speech for minors, so long as they stay in school) and Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial District Court of Nevada(fourth and fifth amendments - ruling that arrest for refusal to identify is reasonable and that forced self identification is not forced testimony), in Brendlin the court ruled that all parties in a stopped vehicle are, by the reasonable behavior of the average person, perceived to be seized and that no reasonable person would believe that stopped as such they have the completely clear an unfettered permission to depart and therefore are under Fourth Amendment protections.

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So I’ll admit it, Bush fooled me again on Scooter Libby.

I mistakenly had thought that George Bush would hold off on springing Scooter Libby. I thought he’d let him spend a token amount of time in prison, maybe saving a pardon for the day after the 2008 election or for the last days of his presidency. But no, he commuted Libby’s sentence before Libby even had to make a Paris Hiltonesque perp ride to jail. Continue reading So I’ll admit it, Bush fooled me again on Scooter Libby….