High court OKs no-warrant blood draws in Wisconsin drunken driver case

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The Supreme Court says law enforcement officers can generally draw blood without a warrant from an unconscious person suspected of driving while drunk or on drugs. The high court issued its ruling in a case involving a Wisconsin law about impaired driving

The Supreme Court says law enforcement officers can generally draw blood without a warrant from an unconscious person suspected of driving while drunk or on drugs.

The high court issued its ruling Thursday in a case involving a Wisconsin law about impaired driving. The question before the Supreme Court had to do with what happens when a motorist suspected of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol is unconscious, generally as a result of a crash. The Wisconsin law said that in such cases, blood can be drawn without a warrant.

Lawyers for a driver who had blood drawn under those circumstances had argued that the law violates the 4th Amendment’s prohibition against unreasonable search and seizure.

 

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Does that make SCOTUS blood-sucking vultures?

I don’t know how I feel about this.

Lol of course it was Wisconsin

VtheEsquire what say you on this?

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