“However since the pretext for the stop was not legal, anything arising from it was tainted.”
Ah yes, the ‘tainted fruit’ theory that conservatives used to get upset about instead of endorsing.
If the stop was for what a reasonable person could conclude was justified, then illegal activity it uncovers is not tainted.
“Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, and Kagan, JJ., joined.”
When the only justice who agrees with you is Sotomayor, you are in pee-poor legal company!
Some of us have been consistent in maintaining that such rules are not mere 'technicalities', but are fundamental to the maintennence of our freedom.
When the only justice who agrees with you is Sotomayor, you are in pee-poor legal company!
Normally I'd agree with you, but even the blind squirrel finds an acorn now and then.
Sadly we don't have a single member of the court that is willing to consistently stand up for freedom.