Coming up. First, i must wish you happy first monday in october, which if you are a politics or law geek, you know its a significant date. On this date, 16 years ago, everybody thought the huge u. S. Supreme court case that year was going to be about drugsniffing dogs in indiana. The Supreme Court begins a new term today on the docket for the high court, several key cases that will test the reach of the long arm of the law. Nbcs Pete Williams reports. Reporter the city of indianapolis wants the court to uphold the use of traffic checkpoints to find illegal drugs. Several drivers won in court when they sued the city saying it improperly stopped them without any reason to suspect that they were carrying drugs. They put the dog in the car and im like, man, isnt that going through my stuff . Yes. Yes, in fact, indiana resident, that was going through your stuff, officially. The Supreme Court heard that case and they agreed that year that indianapolis intrusive drugsniffing dog checkpoints,
First monday in october, which if you are a politics or law geek, you know its a significant date. On this date, 16 years ago, everybody thought the huge u. S. Supreme court case that year was going to be about drugsniffing dogs in indiana. The Supreme Court begins a new term today on the docket for the high court, several key cases that will test the reach of the long arm of the law. Nbcs Pete Williams reports. Reporter the city of indianapolis wants the court to uphold the use of traffic checkpoints to find illegal drugs. Several drivers won in court when they sued the city saying it improperly stopped them without any reason to suspect that they were carrying drugs. They put the dog in the car and im like, man, isnt that going through my stuff . Yes. Yes, in fact, indiana resident, that was going through your stuff, officially. The Supreme Court heard that case and they agreed that year that indianapolis intrusive drugsniffing dog checkpoints, they were in fact unconstitutional. The