Posts Categorized Constitutional

• No Warrant Exception For Slow Pursuit into Home of a $14.99 Phone Charger Robber

  May 13, 2013
  By: Kyle P. Konwinski

  Two police officers are being sued because they entered Charles Smith's home after he stole a $14.99 phone charger from Walgreens. Perhaps the reason for publishing the opinion, the Sixth Circuit clarified that an exception to the warrant requirement does not exist when the police track down a suspect for a minor crime.

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• Sixth Circuit Strikes Down Michigan Affirmative Ban As Unconstitutional

  November 19, 2012
  By: Bryan R. Walters

  In Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration and Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary  v Regents of the University of Michigan (6th. Cir. Nov. 16, 2012), the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, in an en banc decision decided on an 8-7 basis, held that the provision in Michigan's Constitution prohibiting public colleges and universities from discriminating against, or granting preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin was unconstitutional.

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• Michigan’s Panhandling Statute Held Unconstitutional

  August 28, 2012
  By: Gary J. Mouw

  Michigan's law making it a crime to beg in a public place is unconstitutional, according to a decision issued on August 24, 2012 by the Honorable Robert J. Jonker of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan.

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