U.S. Supreme Court,
Constitutional Law,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
May 29, 2019
Supreme Court places limits on retaliatory arrest claims brought under First Amendment
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday shot down First Amendment claims advanced by an Alaskan partygoer who said police officers arrested him in retaliation after he refused to speak to them during a 2014 festival, setting what dissenting justices said was a bright-line rule eliminating nearly all constitutional claims when probable cause exists.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday shot down First Amendment claims advanced by an Alaskan party-goer who said police officers arrested him in retaliation after he refused to speak to them during a 2014 festival, setting what dissenting justices said was a bright-line rule eliminating many constitutional claims when probable cause exists.
Despite taking three cases since 2012 involving the interplay between free speech protections an...
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