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Tuesday, January 13, 2004

BREAKING NEWS - US Supreme Court backs random roadblocks for crime tips
Bernard Hibbitts at 10:23 AM ET

AP reports that in a ruling released a few minutes ago, the US Supreme Court says that police may set up "informational roadblocks" to collect crime tips. More details to follow.

UPDATE: AP now has a detailed story here. The case is Illinois v. Lidster (case backgrounder from Duke Law School's Program in Public Law). Cornell's Legal Information Institute has posted today's decision here. Justice Stevens, joined by Justices Ginsburg and Souter, dissented in part.



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