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A unanimous N.C. Court of Appeals panel ruled that a law enforcement officer "seized" a driver by parking behind that driver with blue lights flashing and blocking the driver's exit.
Published: Tuesday, November 8th, 2022 @ 12:39 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Liberal progressives embrace conformity.
Published: Saturday, July 23rd, 2022 @ 2:42 pm
By: John Lacava
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During a traffic stop, how long after resolving the issue that led to the stop may a law enforcement officer continue to question the motorist?
Published: Wednesday, October 19th, 2016 @ 1:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The issue of warrantless search and seizures by police was again before the N.C. Supreme Court in a case underscoring the divergent judicial philosophies of the high court's Republican and Democratic members.
Published: Friday, April 10th, 2015 @ 5:35 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a significant ruling involving the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, North Carolina’s second highest court has limited the instances in which a police dog can be called in to perform a drug sniff in traffic stop cases.
Published: Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014 @ 11:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As the Resolutions Chair for the Pitt County GOP, I wrote a series of resolutions that I plan to present at the upcoming 2014 Pitt County GOP Convention, on March 8.
Published: Tuesday, March 4th, 2014 @ 3:42 am
By: Diane Rufino
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The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects Americans from unreasonable searches and seizures. Yet in a January decision, the N.C. Court of Appeals upheld the constitutionality of an officer's decision to stop a car even though he didn't suspect the driver of any wrongdoing. The court...
Published: Saturday, February 22nd, 2014 @ 9:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In DC, they are ignoring the guidelines laid out in The Constitution regarding legislative process. The Supreme Court has come up with creative dandies like "freedom of expression" as well as a "right to abortion."
Published: Saturday, January 5th, 2013 @ 2:16 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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We get a lot more ideology-based creative jurisprudence -- i.e., a nationwide "right to abortion" based on the U.S. Constitution's Fourth Amendment prohibition on unlawful search and seizure -- than neutral, unbiased evaluation of legislation based on the actual words in our founding documents.
Published: Monday, December 10th, 2012 @ 11:15 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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In January 2012, the city decided they wanted to put a "transit center" and some spec commercial buildings on her property. Never mind the fact that Ms. Pfendler's successful tax-paying business -- employing dozens of area residents -- is already on the property.
Published: Friday, August 3rd, 2012 @ 11:57 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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