Supreme Court Broadens Absolute Prosecutorial Immunity
Hit & Run —
... The Supreme Court has unanimously overruled the Ninth Circuit in the case of Van de Kamp v. Goldstein, and broadened absolute prosecutorial immunity to include district attorneys whose poor supervision of subordinates may result in wrongful convictions. ...
Supreme Court Broadens Absolute Prosecutoral Immunity
Hit & Run —
... The Supreme Court has unanimously overruled the Ninth Circuit in the case of Van de Kamp v. Goldstein, and broadened absolute prosecutorial immunity to include district attorneys whose poor supervision of subordinates may result in wrongful convictions. ...
Supreme Court Extends Absolute Prosecutoral Immunity
The Agitator —
... The Supreme Court has unanimously overruled the Ninth Circuit in the case of Van de Kamp v. Goldstein, and broadened absolute prosecutorial immunity to include district attorneys whose poor supervision of subordinates may result in wrongful convictions. ...
Supreme Court Rulings Unkind to Citizens
PoliGazette —
... that today’s Supreme Court ruling allowing police to perform pat-down searches during traffic stops without probable cause and another denying citizens the ability to sue negligent or corrupt prosecutors are a legacy of the Bush administration that is likely to last and that the blame for the decisions on belongs to Chief Justice John Roberts. ...
Still Creeping Closer
Newshoggers.com —
... Our co-blogger Libby likes to remind us that the police state never comes all at once, but creeps upon us in small increments. While Obama has made some moves to reverse some of the more egregious moves of the Bush administration in that direction, the creep continues on other levels. ...
The High Court's String of Unanimous Decisions
ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society —
... , in which the Court found that during a routine traffic stop, police can search the vehicle’s passenger as long as they believe person is armed and dangerous. See analysis from Scotusblog on the case here. ...