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Search and Seizure at the Supreme Court
Pemdas writes "On March 22nd, the U.S. Supreme Court is slated to hear a case involving an arrest for lack of producing ID on the demand of a police officer. Dudley Hiibel was parked off the road, and was asked 11 times to show ID to the police officer, who gave the justification of 'investigating an investigation.' Finally, he was arrested, and eventually convicted of delaying a police officer,' and fined $250. The incident occurred in Humboldt County, Nevada; Mr. Hiibel's side of the story includes a good section on Terry stops, and has a video of the incident for download. The parallels to the previously covered Gilmore v. Ashcroft case are striking, and the ruling will be an interesting precedent on the issue of requiring ID's. The ACLU, EPIC, and EFF, among others, have filed Amicus briefs in the case."
A little OT but very funny...
Three MBAs and three engineers are traveling by train to a conference. At the station, the three MBAs each buy tickets and watch as the three engineers buy only a single ticket.
"How are three people going to travel on only one ticket?" asks a MBA.
"Watch and you'll see," answers an engineer.
They all board the train. The MBAs take their respective seats but all three engineers cram into a restroom and close the door behind them. Shortly after the train has departed, the conductor comes around collecting tickets. He knocks on the restroom door and says, "Ticket, please."
The door opens just a crack and a single arm emerges with a ticket in hand. The conductor takes it and moves on.
The MBAs saw this and agreed it was quite a clever idea. So after the conference, the MBAs decide to copy the engineers on the return trip and save some money (recognizing the engineers' superior intellect). When they get to the station, they buy a single ticket for the return trip. To their astonishment, the engineers don't buy a ticket at all.
"How are you going to travel without a ticket?" says one perplexed MBA.
"Watch and you'll see," answers an engineer.
When they board the train the three MBAs cram into a restroom and the three engineers cram into another one nearby. The train departs. Shortly afterward, one of the engineers leaves his restroom and walks over to the restroom where the MBAs are hiding. He knocks on the door and says, "Ticket, please."
From excellent karma to terible karma with a single +5 funny post...
It was many of your "Democrats" in the Supreme Court who recently found the anti-free speech parts of the campaign finance laws to be perfectly constitutional
I've got no points today. Someone else do it.
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Related, I've had a similar beef with our local California law system. I just haven't had the guts to pursue it in court. The issue is the carpool (HOV) lanes on our freeways. *All* of the taxpayers pay to make and improve our roads. That means that me, the single guy, pays taxes that fund the creation and maintenance of our carpool lanes. Yet, because I'm single and I work alone and therefore have no one to commute with, I cannot use the lanes. Yet visitors from Canada and Mexico, Oregon and Washington (and other states) that don't pay for the roads can use them. The carpool lanes are the only thing my taxes pay for that I'm not permitted to use. If I had kids, they could use the public school system. If I go camping, I can use our parks. If I want to read, I can go to my library. All of these are services my taxes help pay for. But if I want to use the carpool lane, I cannot, and can even be fined for doing so. Personally, I think this is discrimination of those of us that are socially challenged, and therefore unwed.
Dear EPIC and EFF:
Please stick to your respective domains--namely, the Internet--for enforcing our rights. Otherwise, your gonna spread yourself so thin you'll render yourselves irrelevant quite soon.
Thank you,
Concerned Netizen
Really, I don't come to slashdot to read stories about american politics/law. It is not just that I don't care, it is that this is a forum for geeks.
Give me more SCO stories, that is what I came here for.
i've got it! let's make an id that everyone can carry if/when asked for. how about a Ron Jeremy fan club membership card? it could have a picture of him on there stroking his massive cock.
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... "criminals never learn". I couldn't believe it, somebody was actually said that criminals lack the ability to learn from their mistakes.
Actually, many criminals do learn. The time spent in prison is used to learn how to be much more effective criminals.
It seemed to echo the whole American policy of simply locking people away instead of bothering to rehabilitate them.
You are starting with the premise that criminality is some kind of injury or disease that can be rehabilitated.
What if, given the environment you live in, criminal behaviour is the obvious evolutionary choice. That is, the lowest risk behaviour for the greatest return? Or, simply tribal behaviour?
Changing environment and social setting may cure criminal behaviour. Or at least change it to the more acceptable kind that you can get away with if you are a white person, ie. securities fraud or corruption.
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I am the director, and this is my movie
He was on a public road, in a public place. Not in his bathroom.
Try to keep it on topic.
So the thread ended on the first post? Ow...
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
If they are that dumb, the law probably won't help. You can't legislate common sense.
Besides, vehicular darwinism could have positive effects on society. I'm all for culling the weak (and yes, that includes me if I can't pass muster). I suspect I would survive, and would be willing to find out, provided everyone else played first. Remember, you don't have to be first. You just don't want to be last.
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