The U.S. Supreme Court has sided with Kansas cops in a traffic stop case, reversing a unanimous decision by the Kansas Supreme Court that a sheriff’s deputy’s actions were unconstitutional.
The question was whether it is reasonable for a law enforcement officer to assume that the registered owner of a vehicle is also its driver, giving them enough suspicion to pull over a vehicle when they know its owner’s driver’s license has been revoked.
The country’s high court ruled 8-1 on Monday that it is in fact reasonable and that a traffic stop under those circumstances does not violate the Fourth Amendment. Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt, whose office successfully argued the case last fall, announced the decision in a news release.
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