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That original formulation no longer exists, or maybe more accurate to say that it has been broadened into meaninglessness: officers no longer have to believe a
by rhizome 6y ago
That original formulation no longer exists, or maybe more accurate to say that it has been broadened into meaninglessness: officers no longer have to believe a law is valid in order to "reasonably" enforce it. That's right: they can stop you for violating made-up laws. Constitutionality doesn't even enter into it:
"On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that police stops are legal when the officer has a "reasonable suspicion" that a law is being broken—even if that law doesn't exist."
https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/12/when-cops-dont-know-the-law/383861/ https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/12/when-co...
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2015/08/03/how-the-supreme-court-made-it-legal-for-cops-to-pull-you-over-for-just-about-anything https://www.themarshallproject.org/2015/08/03/how-the-suprem...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heien_v._North_Carolina https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heien_v._North_Carolina