U.S. Supreme Court justices were skeptical of a Kansas man’s argument that police violated the Fourth Amendment when they pulled him over, in a case that government officials warn has big public safety implications, while defense and other advocacy groups raise social justice and privacy concerns.
At oral argument on Nov. 4, a minority of the high court pressed the state on its “common sense” assumption that it was reasonable to pull over a car whose registered owner’s license was revoked, without the officer doing anything more, like trying to verify the driver’s identity first.
But without a definitive answer ...