Wednesday, February 18, 2004
Refusing to Answer
Here’s the basic question that SOTUS will be considering.
"The question before the Court is this: Did Dudley’s refusal to show ID give Deputy Dove the probable cause needed to arrest him? Or is is the Constitutional right of every American to just say ‘no’ when asked to produce ‘the papers’?"
Here’s a link to the Matt Welch post at Hit & Run which brought this to my attention. Welch’s post has links to the video of the arrest, the “Hiibel-friendly” (Dudley) website, and a link to information on the defense in this case.
