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Re:Supreme Court expands meaning of 'seizure' under 4th Amen... by boomboomsubban on Friday March 26, 2021 @02:41AM (#26589383)
If the legislature makes a law saying it's OK to shoot an innocent person, the courts should clearly be able to rule on whether that law violates our rights. I'm not 100% sure they do have that ability, but I find it hard to think of why they shouldn't be able to rule on the matter.
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Re:Supreme Court expands meaning of 'seizure' under 4th Amen... by chmod600 on Friday March 26, 2021 @11:00AM (#26592958)
The court first needs a case before them. And appeals aren't just "do-overs", they often have a specific question to settle.

Here, the question seems to be "is shooting this person under these circumstances a form of seizure" not "is shooting this person under these circumstances Constituional/good/OK".

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