Quotes About Legal

In California v. Hodari D. in 1991, the Court held that a person who is being chased by the police is not considered to be seized until he or she is actually tackled by the officer; chasing the individual does not constitute a seizure within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment.63 But fifteen states have rejected this idea and said that under their state constitutions, chasing a suspect is sufficient to constitute a seizure and thus requires at least reasonable suspicion.64

The statute also should make clear that an officer is liable, and qualified immunity is to be denied, if the officer had "fair notice" that the conduct was illegal; there need not be a case on point to deny qualified immunity.

if a person invokes the right to remain silent, all questioning must cease. If a person asks for a lawyer, questioning must end until one is provided

Berghuis, the Court ruled that the same is true of the right to remain silent. Simply put, a person is not protected by the right to remain silent unless he or she knows to say and actually says something as explicit as "I wish to assert my right to remain silent.

The Supreme Court, though, found that conducting the lineup without the presence of a lawyer violated Wade's right to counsel.

police officers have absolute immunity when they testify as witnesses, even when they commit perjury and even when their perjured testimony results in the conviction of an innocent person.

post-indictment lineup is a critical stage of the proceeding and that a criminal defendant has as much right to an attorney there as at the trial itself.

In every case since then, without exception, the Court has rejected people's ability to sue federal officers.

Justice Stewart wrote that the way the search was done had nothing to do with the reliability of the evidence.

the Fourth Amendment does not prohibit the obtaining of information revealed to a third party . . ., even if the information is revealed on the assumption that it will be used only for a limited purpose and the confidence placed in the third party will not be betrayed."55

Carpenter v. United States, the Supreme Court did not overrule or narrow the third-party doctrine, but it refused to extend it to cover stored cellular location information.

The actual motivation of the officers is irrelevant.18 As long as an officer has probable cause, or even reasonable suspicion, that a traffic law has been violated, he or she may stop the vehicle.

person represented by counsel has the right to have that attorney present at a post-indictment identification.

The Court said that since she was a "reliable" witness, the identification was admissible.16

The business of dying is hard. The wrapping up. The paperwork, the legal work. The stuff that's boring and maddening about life when life is going well. Of course, the other stuff that's happening when dying—the physical stuff and the huge emotional stuff—can be unspeakably awful. But if paperwork is enough to break your spirit—and it is—then how can you have anything left?

I have a book coming out in September, for example, where the plot concerns counterfeiting, and I had to do a lot of research on that. Or on any legal matters, for example, I have to do a lot of research online.

Well, when I think of steroids I think of an image. You have the advantage over someone, which is a form of cheating. I guess it wouldn't be right unless it was legal for everybody. Reason it's not legal for everybody is because it can hurt people seriously.

If a journalist comes to you with a great story, one of the first questions you ask is how did you get it. How you got it is relevant to judging its accuracy and preparing yourself for any legal challenge.

So I will say it with relish. Give me a hamburger but hold the lawsuit.

As the U.S. prison population has surged over the decades, the legal profession's distaste for former inmates has become more conspicuous. And it isn't only law. Medical schools often have committees to evaluate cases and mitigating factors but are generally reluctant to admit ex-inmates.

Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate.

None of the constitutional, legal or other principles bars me from returning to the judiciary, since the judiciary remains independent if the actors remain independent and fair.

This case reminds me of one in which I likened the Plaintiff's case to a colander, because it was so full of holes.

It was also my idea that the advisory committees of the Academy should replace the legal committees of the German Reichstag, which was gradually fading into the background in the Reich.