"the case arose after Larry D. Hiibel, a Nevada cattle rancher, was arrested and convicted on a misdemeanor after refusing to tell his name or show identification to a sheriff's deputy"
Why did he just not give his darn name. I do believe that alot of our rights are being slowly eroded but is it not largely due to the times we live in ?
He was too busy telling the cop that his truck was not parked in the road! View the video. Skid marks and skewed parked truck, but it was off the road!
I don't know. Does it matter? He was exercising what we thought was our Constitutional right to be silent and to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures.
I do believe that alot of our rights are being slowly eroded but is it not largely due to the times we live in ?
That's really no excuse.
The Constitution lays out our rights as being inalienable. I take that to mean forever, not over a specified period of time.
I agree. The argument that, because this guy had to give his name, our rights are being eroded is silly.
If you get stopped by a cop while driving your car, you are not only required to give him your name, but your driver's license. This is nothing new - old Larry was just being a nutcase.