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Wednesday, February 25, 2004
posted by gbarto at 1:42 AM:
Marcus Tullius Cicero is damn right to yell about this issue in the public square: The Supreme Court will soon hear arguments on whether the citizenry can be compelled to carry and at the request of police officers produce ID at any and all times. In a holding that ought get Nevada's "Old West" credentials yanked, the Supreme Court of that state has already said that a loitering cowboy was indeed interfering with an officer of the peace when he asked why his ID had been requested and thought a better answer than "Because I'm investigating" ought be proffered. One hopes that court uses greater discretion in deciding whether officers of the peace need wiretapping authority.The attitudes of the law officer in question and the Nevada Supreme Court are at the heart of the dislike of law enforcement and distrust of government that exist and are, in many quarters, on the rise. Fortunately, we have many means of recourse against such abuses, the last of these being the Second Amendment to the Constitution and all that it implies. One presumes that common sense will prevail before it comes to that.
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