the imbroglio

Scott Greenfield comments on a recent 9th Circuit decision allowing officers to place “a GPS device on the underbed of a suspected drug dealer’s car while it was parked outside of his house” without a warrant. The court found that the defendant did nothing to show he had an expectation of privacy in his driveway, [...]

“You know, I could call this in and get the dogs out here and we could really look into your case here, maybe have ICE visit your family. Or, you could just help yourself out by cooperating and showing me what’s in your pockets.” Bam. I just got about 95% of the people stopped to [...]