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The Supreme Court heard oral arguments last week for Lange v. California, a Fourth Amendment case that will determine whether a police officer’s hot pursuit of a person suspected of committing a misdemeanor counts as an exigent circumstance to justify the officer’s warrantless entry onto the suspect’s property. In today’s Supreme Court heavy episode, Sarah and David also talk about two other cases dealing with hostile work environments and whether women should constitutionally be required to register for the draft.
Show Notes:
-Lange v. Californiaoral arguments and transcript.
-National Coalition for Men v. Selective Service System cert petition.
-Robert Collier v. Dallas County Hospital Districtcert petition.
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David, Good-Bye Yellow Brick Road is an Elton John album. The Beatles had an album called Abbey Road which is probably what you were thinking of.
I have some questions in reference to the hot pursuit case. I've been a law enforcement officer for 24 years, but I haven't been on patrol for the last 17. Back "in my day" we were trained that if you were pursuing someone and they ran into a house, the hot pursuit doctrine allowed for you to enter the residence to arrest the suspect. Has something changed since then? There weren't any stipulations on how fast or long the pursuit was or what the severity of offense was so I was confused during the discussion about misdemeanor vs. felony, violent vs. non-violent, it was only 100 yards, etc. Just as an aside, in TN (where I was on patrol) fleeing in a vehicle was a felony and I assume it's a felony in most states. Is there case law since the 70s that puts restrictions on entering a residence during hot pursuit?