Punch and Jurists

Rodriguez v. U.S., No. 13-9972 (U.S. Supreme Court) (575 U.S. ___; 135 S.Ct. 1609) (April 21, 2015) (Justice Ginsburg) by One evening in 2012, shortly after midnight, a car being driven on a Nebraska State Highway by the petitioner, Dennys Rodriguez and carrying passenger Scott Pollman was stopped by a …

Florida v. Jardines, No. 11-564 (U.S. Supreme Court) (569 U.S. 1; 133 S.Ct. 1409) (March 26, 2013) (Justice Scalia) by In this case, the Supreme Court limited the right of the police to use drug-detecting dogs within the “curtilage” of a home without a warrant based on probable cause. It …

Florida v. Harris, No. 11-817 (U.S. Supreme Court) (568 U.S. 237; 133 S.Ct. 1050) (February 19, 2013) (Justice Kagan) by Justice Kagan framed the issues of this canine drug search case in her opening paragraph as follows:: “In this case, we consider how a court should determine if the ‘alert’ …