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Blackvegetable » 21 Apr 2026, 7:46 am » wrote: ↑

21 Apr 2026, 7:46 am

RebelGator » 21 Apr 2026, 7:12 am » wrote: ↑

21 Apr 2026, 7:12 am

On April 20, 2026, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson issued a scathing solo dissent regarding a Fourth Amendment case (District of Columbia v. R.W.), stating she "[cannot fathom]" her colleagues' decision to intervene. The Court, in a 7-2 or 8-2 decision, reversed a lower court ruling, siding with police who stopped a driver without, according to Jackson, reasonable suspicion. 

Key Details of the Decision (April 20, 2026):

• Case Background: The case involved a Metropolitan Police officer who stopped a person ("R.W.") at 2 a.m. after seeing others flee a vehicle.
• The Decision: The Supreme Court majority ruled for the police, arguing the lower court did not properly consider the "totality of the circumstances".
• Jackson's Dissent: Jackson criticized her colleagues for using "summary discretion"—a fast-track process—to overturn a "factbound" decision by the D.C. Court of Appeals that found the stop violated the Fourth Amendment. 

The police received a report of a suspicious vehicle, when they approached, 2 occupants fled from the car, the car then tried to drive away with a car door open. When stopping the car, the officers noted a broken window and a destroyed ignition switch.....seems like a no-brainer, right? Not for the African Jungle Name Jurist....I wonder what color the bad guys were?

Why do you, an uneducated illiterate, presume to offer commentary?

The GOP spent decades nominating SCOTUS candidates from one specific and dwindling minority, with the aim of achieving a limited goal on behalf of a constituency of imbeciles.