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It's good that the Sheriff had already lost re-election five years ago, hopefully this played a part and the current sheriff has learned a lesson. Also, you can

It's good that the Sheriff had already lost re-election five years ago, hopefully this played a part and the current sheriff has learned a lesson. Also, you can't do exactly this again within the 9th Circuit without being sued? That's the best case I've got for the horrific invasion of privacy that this woman and her boyfriend suffered.

mikeyouse 2y ago
That same Sheriff was involved with the Malheur Wildlife refuge 'takeover' ... he openly supported the militia and the Feds and State Police considered him such a security liability that they ended up cutting him out of all planning. He repeatedly met for hours at a time with the militia while on duty. He's one of the 'constitutional sheriffs' that have convinced themselves they're the only lawful police in the country and that the FBI et al are illegal. That was years before this illegal seizure and actually might be related as there were numerous complaints about his activities during the takeover from other people in the department and Haley Olsen, whose pics were stolen and shared was dating an officer that was on the Sheriff's 'shit list'. Dude was all around corrupt: https://www.opb.org/news/article/eastern-oregon-grant-county-sheriff-politics-dissent-cost/ https://www.opb.org/news/article/eastern-oregon-grant-county...
- davidw 2y ago
  Came here to mention ... Grant county being Grant county. Beautiful place to visit, though!
axus 2y ago
One of the judges wanted to let it happen again: > In a separate concurring 9th Circuit opinion, Circuit Judge Daniel A. Bress agreed that the court should uphold the trial court’s granting of immunity and dismissal of the claims. But he wrote that the panel should have simply affirmed the lower court ruling and not gone on to find a constitutional violation. > It’s unclear, Bress wrote, whether Idaho authorities are more at fault, for example. “In my respectful view, prudence here dictated that we decide only what we needed to decide,” he wrote.
- mandevil 2y ago
  Daniel A. Bress is a Harvard grad, has been a member of the Federalist Society since 2003, clerked for Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court, and was appointed to the 9th Circuit by President Trump in 2019, approved by the Senate on a party-line vote, all Republicans in favor, all Democrats opposed. Just in case you were curious.

mikeyouse 2y ago

That same Sheriff was involved with the Malheur Wildlife refuge 'takeover' ... he openly supported the militia and the Feds and State Police considered him such a security liability that they ended up cutting him out of all planning. He repeatedly met for hours at a time with the militia while on duty. He's one of the 'constitutional sheriffs' that have convinced themselves they're the only lawful police in the country and that the FBI et al are illegal. That was years before this illegal seizure and actually might be related as there were numerous complaints about his activities during the takeover from other people in the department and Haley Olsen, whose pics were stolen and shared was dating an officer that was on the Sheriff's 'shit list'. Dude was all around corrupt: https://www.opb.org/news/article/eastern-oregon-grant-county-sheriff-politics-dissent-cost/ https://www.opb.org/news/article/eastern-oregon-grant-county...

davidw 2y ago
Came here to mention ... Grant county being Grant county. Beautiful place to visit, though!

axus 2y ago

One of the judges wanted to let it happen again: > In a separate concurring 9th Circuit opinion, Circuit Judge Daniel A. Bress agreed that the court should uphold the trial court’s granting of immunity and dismissal of the claims. But he wrote that the panel should have simply affirmed the lower court ruling and not gone on to find a constitutional violation. > It’s unclear, Bress wrote, whether Idaho authorities are more at fault, for example. “In my respectful view, prudence here dictated that we decide only what we needed to decide,” he wrote.

mandevil 2y ago
Daniel A. Bress is a Harvard grad, has been a member of the Federalist Society since 2003, clerked for Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court, and was appointed to the 9th Circuit by President Trump in 2019, approved by the Senate on a party-line vote, all Republicans in favor, all Democrats opposed. Just in case you were curious.