Justices: Warrant Needed For Blood-Alcohol, Not Breath Tests
Source: Associated Press
WASHINGTON The Supreme Court on Thursday placed new limits on state laws that make it a crime for motorists suspected of drunken driving to refuse alcohol tests.
The justices ruled that police must obtain a search warrant before requiring drivers to take blood alcohol tests, but not breath tests, which the court considers less intrusive.
The ruling came in three cases in which drivers challenged so-called implied consent laws in Minnesota and North Dakota as violating the Constitution's ban on unreasonable searches and seizures. State supreme courts had upheld the laws.
While drivers in all 50 states can have their licenses revoked for refusing drunken driving tests, the high court's ruling affects laws in 11 states that go farther in imposing criminal penalties for such refusals.
Read more: http://www.startribune.com/in-minn-drunk-driving-case-supreme-court-rules-search-warrant-needed/384122711/
snooper2
(30,151 posts)Thanks for kicking the bucket Scalia you piece of shit!
Major Nikon
(36,814 posts)So even if the piece of shit had lived, his concurrence with the other piece of shit wouldn't have mattered in this case.
bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)Its one thing to confiscate a dl for not taking the test, but quite another to arrest someone.