Since the men and women who serve as judges attended law school, the question must be asked what these law schools are teaching. Or perhaps a better question would be, “with what are these law schools indoctrinating their students?” Far too often we learn of judicial decisions that make no sense, and we’re not talking only of the bizarre decisions federal judges have made regarding President Trump’s travel ban.
The courts have power because the people respect them and the executive branches enforce their decisions. Take these away, and the courts just turn into editorial departments. Sometimes it seems like that is the direction they wish to take.
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Great. I’ll never fly again because the TSA and the complicit airlines treat people like cattle. Now I hesitate to drive any distance with aanother person and snacks in the car. What was Black Lives Matter saying about the police? I remember video of a cop parked on a desert highway IN FRONT OF a portable speed limit so he could pull over and search “speeders.” He tasered one who knew his rights and objected. Then there was an officer who arrested a man for a concealed weapon because it was on the far side of his body and his father wasn’t a glassblower.
Now this is just FREAKY …..
Guess who won’t be going to KANSAS
I am usually the first person to decry governernmental ovverreach, but I have a few questions/concerns here. First, this story intetestingly does not include the one piece of information I would like to know. Was contraband found in this search? I am guessing it was, since it has made it to the state supreme court. Probably a defense attorney trying to get the evidence thrown out on the grounds of an illegal search. If the passenger reclined her seat during the traffic stop, then that would be unusual behavior, possibly enough to make the officer’s “6’th sense” tingle. Fact is, this article isnt well written, or exactly chock full of facts.
We just had a chance recently to vote them out but Kansas failed because of uninformed voters
F**k this!!
Sounds like a good state for tourists to avoid.
well the authorities are losing the war on drugs
Nearly 3 years later, on September 15, 2011, Police Officer Chad Loughman was near 7720 State Line Road in Prairie Village, Johnson County, Kansas, looking for drivers who would pull into a gas station parking lot to avoid a traffic light—a traffic violation in Prairie Village. Loughman observed Howard pull into the parking lot and then out of it, effectively avoiding the traffic light. Loughman also noticed that Howard and his passenger had the shoulder straps of their seatbelts behind them, leading him to believe that they were not properly wearing the belts.
Loughman pulled Howard over and asked for his identification. At this time, Loughman saw that the passenger had reclined her seat since he had first seen the vehicle. Loughman called in Howard’s identification to dispatch, which informed him that there was a warrant for Howard’s arrest from Leawood Municipal Court. After learning of the warrant, Loughman called for backup, and Sergeant James Carney came to the scene.
After Carney arrived, Loughman had Howard step out of the car and stand at the rear passenger’s door with Carney. Loughman then scanned the car, looking underneath Howard’s seat for a weapon. Loughman found no weapons but discovered a plastic baggie with a ripped out corner in the center console. Loughman then secured Howard in the back of Carney’s police car and told Howard he was being put under arrest pursuant to the Leawood warrant.
Loughman then took the passenger’s identification and learned from dispatch that there was a warrant for her arrest from Prairie Village Municipal Court. Loughman had the passenger step out of the car and, because she was pregnant, had her sit on the curb about 6 to 8 feet away from the car.
After removing the passenger, Loughman moved the passenger seat forward and found a firearm, subsequently classified in the record as an AK–47 pistol, that was concealed under a floor mat. It is unclear exactly where the weapon was located in the car because the officer testified that the firearm was concealed by “[t]he driver’s side rear floormat” and the “front passenger seat, that floormat.”
After finding the firearm, Loughman Mirandized Howard. Loughman then asked Howard about the plastic baggie. Howard responded that the baggie had previously held marijuana.
Howard was subsequently charged with criminal possession of a firearm by a convicted felon under K.S.A. 2011 Supp. 21–6304(a)(2) for possession of a firearm within 5 years after having been convicted of a felony under the laws of another state. The charge was based on the AK–47 found in Howard’s car on the day of the traffic stop and on the prior Missouri burglary charge.
That’s BS