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Kolender v. Lawson

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Kolender v. Lawson,, is a United States Supreme Court case concerning the constitutionality of laws that allow police to demand that "loiterers" and "wanderers" provide identification. [1]

23 relations: American Civil Liberties Union, California State Assembly, Chief of police, Constitutional avoidance, Criminal records in the United States, Edward C. Lawson, Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial District Court of Nevada, List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 461, Loitering, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Papachristou v. City of Jacksonville, Pro se legal representation in the United States, San Diego, San Diego County Sheriff's Department, San Diego Police Department, Sandra Day O'Connor, Stop and identify statutes, Supreme Court of California, Supreme Court of the United States, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Vagueness doctrine.

American Civil Liberties Union

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a nonprofit organization whose stated mission is "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States." Officially nonpartisan, the organization has been supported and criticized by liberal and conservative organizations alike.

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California State Assembly

The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature.

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Chief of police

A chief of police is the title given to an appointed official or an elected one in the chain of command of a police department, particularly in North America.

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Constitutional avoidance

In United States constitutional law, the doctrine of constitutional avoidance dictates that a federal court should refuse to rule on a constitutional issue if the case can be resolved on a nonconstitutional basis.

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Criminal records in the United States

Criminal records in the United States contain records of arrests, criminal charges and the disposition of those charges.

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Edward C. Lawson

Edward C. Lawson is an African American civil rights activist, who was the plaintiff in the case of Kolender v. Lawson,, in which the United States Supreme Court ruled that a California statute authorizing a police officer to arrest a person for refusing to present identification was unconstitutionally vague.

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Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Fifth Amendment (Amendment V) to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights and, among other things, protects individuals from being compelled to be witnesses against themselves in criminal cases.

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Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Fourth Amendment (Amendment IV) to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights that prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures.

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Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial District Court of Nevada

Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial District Court of Nevada,, is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that statutes requiring suspects to disclose their names during police investigations did not violate the Fourth Amendment if the statute first required reasonable and articulable suspicion of criminal involvement.

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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 461

This is a list of all the United States Supreme Court cases from volume 461 of the United States Reports.

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Loitering

Loitering is the act of remaining in a particular public place for a protracted time without any apparent purpose.

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Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department

With 17,694 employees, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, officially the County of Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, is the nation's largest Sheriff's Department.

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Papachristou v. City of Jacksonville

Papachristou v. Jacksonville, 405 U.S. 156 (1972), was a United States Supreme Court case resulting in a Jacksonville vagrancy ordinance being declared unconstitutionally vague.

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Pro se legal representation in the United States

Pro se legal representation comes from Latin, literally meaning "on behalf of themselves", which basically means advocating on one's own behalf before a court, rather than being represented by a lawyer.

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San Diego

San Diego (Spanish for 'Saint Didacus') is a major city in California, United States.

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San Diego County Sheriff's Department

The San Diego County Sheriff's Department (SDSO), is the primary and largest law enforcement agency in San Diego County, California, and one of the largest sheriff’s departments in the United States: with over 4,000 employees, an annual budget of over $600 million, and a service area over 4,500 square miles extending to a 60-mile international border.

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San Diego Police Department

The San Diego Police Department (SDPD) is the primary law enforcement agency for the city of San Diego, California.

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Sandra Day O'Connor

Sandra Day O'Connor (born March 26, 1930) is a retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, having served from her appointment in 1981 by Ronald Reagan until 2006.

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Stop and identify statutes

"Stop and identify" statutes are statutory laws in the United States that authorize police to legally obtain the identification of someone whom they reasonably suspect of having committed a crime.

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Supreme Court of California

The Supreme Court of California is the court of last resort in the courts of the State of California.

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Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States (sometimes colloquially referred to by the acronym SCOTUS) is the highest federal court of the United States.

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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (in case citations, 9th Cir.) is a U.S. Federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts.

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Vagueness doctrine

In American constitutional law, a statute is void for vagueness and unenforceable if it is too vague for the average citizen to understand.

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461 U.S. 352, Kolender v Lawson.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolender_v._Lawson

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