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I think the dissent said it pretty well: > A Federal District Court found that these raids were part of a pattern of conduct by the Government that likely viol
by neuronexmachina 1y ago
I think the dissent said it pretty well:
> A Federal District Court found that these raids were part
of a pattern of conduct by the Government that likely violated the Fourth Amendment. Based on the evidence before
it, the court held that the Government was stopping individuals based solely on four factors: (1) their apparent race
or ethnicity; (2) whether they spoke Spanish or English
with an accent; (3) the type of location at which they were
found (such as a car wash or bus stop); and (4) the type of
job they appeared to work. Concluding that stops based on
these four factors alone, even when taken together, could
not satisfy the Fourth Amendment’s requirement of reasonable suspicion, the District Court temporarily enjoined the
Government from continuing its pattern of unlawful mass
arrests while it considered whether longer-term relief was
appropriate.
> Instead of allowing the District Court to consider these
troubling allegations in the normal course, a majority of this Court decides to take the once-extraordinary step of
staying the District Court’s order. That decision is yet another grave misuse of our emergency docket. We should not
have to live in a country where the Government can seize
anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to
work a low wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our
constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent.
- xracy 1y agoI feel like scotus dissents in this day and age need to be a lot more approachable for the average person. And I like this dissent for being short and to the point. I think oftentimes the dissents can get in the weeds of legal discussions, and this just needs to be as simple as "this law says this is illegal in plain text." From there, it's on the media to pick up on the plain text of the dissent and actually talk about it for longer, because the majority opinions are like, splitting hairs.