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Florida Legislature Passes Welfare Drug Test Bill
A bill requiring Florida welfare recipients to undergo drug tests passed the state Senate Thursday. A similar measure has already passed the House. The bill was supported by Gov. Rick Scott (R), who is expected to…
Michigan Bill Would Allow Roadside Drug Tests
Michigan could become the first state in the nation to drug test drivers if a Republican lawmaker has his way. Last week, Rep. Rick Jones (R-Grand Lodge) announced he was filing a bill that would allow police offi…
Louisiana Lawmen Play Fast And Loose with the Constitution
In its 2000 decision in Indianapolis v. Edmond, the US Supreme Court held that efforts to attack the drug trade by holding a checkpoint to look for drugs was a violation of the Fourth Amendment’s protection of the right to be free from unwarranted searches and seizures. In the years since then, a handful of [...]
Latest Illinois Report Prompts Civil Rights Groups to Call for End to Consent Searches
The Illinois Department of Transportation earlier this month issued its annual report on race and traffic stops. The results showed that police were much more likely to ask minority drivers to consent to searches without probable cause, but that they were much less likely to actually find drugs, guns, or other contraband in consent searches [...]
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