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In reply to the discussion: High Court: Warrant Needed For GPS Tracking [View all]msanthrope
(37,549 posts)1. Looks to be 9-0 with the concurrences...Scalia wrote majority, Sotomayor a concurrence....link...
http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/11pdf/10-1259.pdf
Shaping up, on the first read-through, a truly landmark case.
Shaping up, on the first read-through, a truly landmark case.
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Looks to be 9-0 with the concurrences...Scalia wrote majority, Sotomayor a concurrence....link...
msanthrope
Jan 2012
#1
Scalia and Thomas have been a criminal defense attorney's best friend on this Court.
former9thward
Jan 2012
#27
Sorry, not the best quote to make the point that Sotomayor was also taking the argument further
suffragette
Jan 2012
#40
If you've got enough reason to suspect someone, you've got enough to reason to get a warrant!
rocktivity
Jan 2012
#22
Somehow Newt will warp this decision to President Obama being weak on crime...
groundloop
Jan 2012
#24
I don't wonder if a few of those justics weren't visited by the Ghost Of Christmas Future.
Poll_Blind
Jan 2012
#31
It is beyond the pale that the Obama administration fought for this in the first place.
woo me with science
Jan 2012
#38