Justices Sotomayor and Gorsuch on the Fourth Amendment and Misdemeanor Arrests
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From Justice Sotomayor's statement respecting the denial of review today in Gonzalez v. U.S., joined by Justice Gorsuch:
Founding-era common law gave officers no authority to make an "arrest without a warrant, for a mere misdemeanor not committed in [their] presence." Bad Elk v. United…
This story appeared on reason.com, 2025-02-24 15:29:37.