Traffic stops are one of the most common ways people encounter law enforcement, yet they are also among the most legally ...
The Fourth Amendment protects us from being stopped, searched, or detained by police without good reason. But over the years, courts have dramatically weakened those protections when it comes to cars ...
Traffic stops rarely feel random. Officers are trained to look for specific patterns behind the wheel, and certain behaviors all but guarantee their attention. The habits that draw that scrutiny are ...