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An anonymous 911 caller can tell dispatch that he saw you commit a traffic violation and, he says, is of the belief that you are drunk. That, without more, now allows the cops to stop you.
I only wish First, Second and Tenth Amendment lovers cared as much about the Fourth.
From the dissent.
Drunken driving is a serious matter, but so is the loss of our freedom to come and go as we please without police interference. To prevent and detect murder we do not allow searches without probable cause . . . . . We should not do so for drunken driving either. After today’s opinion all of us on the road . . . . are at risk of having our freedom of movement curtailed on suspicion of drunkenness, based upon a phone tip, true or false, of a single instance of careless driving.
And that was Scalia!
Link.
Edit: Good grief people. The two keys are (1) anonymous call reporting (2) one incident of bad driving.
Edit: Good grief people. The two keys are (1) anonymous call reporting (2) one incident of bad driving.
