the Supreme Court has ruled in Atwater v. Lago Vista that people may be arrested for minor traffic offenses.
O'Connor, writing for the minority, said Atwater's arrest was unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment. It does not make sense for the majority to say both that Atwater's arrest served no state purpose and also to say that it passed constitutional muster, O'Connor wrote.
"Because the court's position is inconsistent with the explicit guarantee of the Fourth Amendment, I dissent," she wrote.
i knew she still had a sensible bone or two left in her.
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