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John Whitehead wrote a commentary documenting the decisions that put the U.S. Supreme Court in lockstep with a coming police state, for The Rutherford Institute. This is a partial quote from his commentary:

It’s a crime to not identify yourself when a policeman asks your name. In Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada (2004), a majority of the high court agreed that refusing to answer when a policeman asks “What’s your name?” can rightfully be considered a crime under Nevada’s “stop and identify” statute. No longer will Americans, even those not suspected of or charged with any crime, have the right to remain silent when stopped and questioned by a police officer.

The cases the Supreme Court refuses to hear, allowing lower court judgments to stand, are almost as critical as the ones they rule on. Some of these cases, turned away in recent years alone, have delivered devastating blows to the rights enshrined in the Constitution.

[The italics are mine.]

[Political Junkie Too]

No longer will Americans, even those not suspected of or charged with any crime, have the right to remain silent when stopped and questioned by a police officer.

Maybe instead of asking "Am I being detained," the first question one should ask is "Are you going to read me my rights first?"

-PJ

[FBD]

“In Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada (2004), a majority of the high court agreed that refusing to answer when a policeman asks “What’s your name?” can rightfully be considered a crime under Nevada’s “stop and identify” statute. No longer will Americans, even those not suspected of or charged with any crime, have the right to remain silent when stopped and questioned by a police officer.”

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-very unsettling...
Can a person remain silent if they simply produce identification?

[Political Junkie Too]

refusing to answer when a policeman asks “What’s your name?” can rightfully be considered a crime under Nevada’s “stop and identify” statute. No longer will Americans, even those not suspected of or charged with any crime, have the right to remain silent when stopped and questioned by a police officer.

The question then becomes, can a person make an equal protection case against the state?

We already know what happens of a policeman stops an illegal alien who doesn't have identification. Chances are that the policeman will let the person go instead of having to deal with the nightmare of paperwork dealing with all of the immigration agencies and interest groups, which will just release the person anyway.

However, a citizen gets an entirely harsher treatment.

-PJ