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by kevmo 1031 days ago
They mean that the Supreme Court is a fascist institution that will always side with the police.

I passed 3 bar exams -- my default rule of thumb for the multiple-choice questions was that the Supreme Court would always side against the little guy when law enforcement was involved.
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Clubber 1031 days ago
>the Supreme Court would always side against the little guy when law enforcement was involved.

That's not accurate.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/11-564

https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/533/27/

https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/07-290.ZS.html

https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/new-york-state-r...

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dylan604 1031 days ago
Maybe always being the word getting your research gears engaged. What does the reverse look like where the cases were ruled in favor of law enforcement? If the 4 examples pale to the new number, I'd be willing to say always myself
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jcranmer 1031 days ago
Scrolling through the decisions since Ginsburg was replaced with Barret, the cases that dealt with police have gone as follows:

* Lange v. California (police in hot pursuit of a suspect conduct warrantless entry) 9-0 in favor of the suspect

* United States v. Cooley 9-0 that tribal officers can stop non-natives on tribal land. Technically pro-police, but this really isn't so much a police issue as tribal sovereignty issue.

* Taylor v. Riojas 7-1 correctional officers did not in fact hold qualified immunity

In general, recent SCOTUS decisions have generally tended to land in favor of criminal defendants with regards to 4th Amendment violations. However, where SCOTUS has tended to land strongly against criminal defendants is in regards to post-conviction reconsideration, e.g. something like https://www.scotusblog.com/2023/06/court-blocks-pathway-for-....

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Clubber 1031 days ago
>Maybe always being the word getting your research gears engaged.

Yes, but I've been following legal decisions since it was obvious there were severe issues with many local jurisdictions. The current SCOTUS seems to be pretty strong regarding rights lately, Roe being the exception.

>What does the reverse look like where the cases were ruled in favor of law enforcement?

I dunno, maybe point out some recent decisions you don't like, lets discuss them.

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check89 1030 days ago
> Roe being the exception.

What do you mean?

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check89 1030 days ago
> the Supreme Court is a fascist institution

> that will always side with the police

Both claims are false.

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