Yes, that’s why I said the constraint didn’t supersede the Constitution.

They had no prayer of getting a warrant: the unconscious patient was victim, not a suspect. No probable cause = no warrant.

Also, advocating for her patient did not exceed the bounds of legality, it actually met her legal obligation. Advocating for him to the point that the officer arrested her was not illegal, it was heroic: getting arrested is not a criminal act. Resisting arrest may or may not be illegal depending on Utah’s law; I…

You seem very ready to give up your rights. Common law actually gave individuals the right to resist unlawful arrest; that has been legislated away from in many but not all jurisdictions. I’m not advocating for her or anyone else to resist arrest, but she had a moral and legal obligation to her patient and advocating…

The truck driver was a victim of the accident caused by a fleeing suspect. He was not suspected of anything, which means there was no probable cause to support a warrant. The officers knew that (they discuss it in the video) so they knew they couldn’t just go apply for one.

She has a duty of care to her patient that supersedes any shred of responsibility to submit to unlawful demands from a police officer. She is also a good and moral person who therefore will defend the rights of a vulnerable person unable to speak for himself. No one ever said doing the right thing was going to be…

We have a Constitution that protects us from unlawful searches and seizures; the Supreme Court specifically declared taking blood from unconscious patients without a warrant violates that right in 2016. Post hoc remedies cannot make people whole. No one — including cops — should be able to break the law and then…

I wish more people were seeing who he really is, but Gallup says his latest rating is 35% — 78% among Republicans. Horrifying.

The police phlebotomist was abusive. However, there was a time constraint (that doesn’t get to supersede the Constitution): blood alcohol levels dissipate over time so waiting for the patient to regain consciousness might have changed the result.

I don’t know what the Reasonably Stupid Cop Law is, but a police phlebotomist (which is what this detective actually is) can’t reasonably be ignorant of the state and federal laws governing his main daily activity.

I despise Pence and fear he would actually be worse than Trump, but he is a political operator who has zero loyalty to Trump. He wouldn’t pardon him but he’d ride the will-he-or-won’t-he as long as possible to look like he’s making a brave moral decision in the face of political pressure while he hangs Trump, for…

I hate the way the two of them used to talk about how it was God’s will they had six children at once, rather than the success of the massive medical interventions they pursued. God didn’t choose this, you did.

She needs kids with him or else when he divorces her, she’ll have nothing but whatever the prenup gave her and her JD from West Los Angeles School of Law.

I agree she needs to get away, but “smack some sense into her” is not helpful language.

But starting somewhere with something beats waiting around for the gradual to start on its own. Don’t let the perfect get in the way of the good.

I love my gravy boat.

Dating is a contact sport — the assumption of risk doctrine says he’s SOL.

Nate Silver polls said Trump would never get elected.

I was charged the last time I requested a pillow or a blanket. And a pillow doesn’t actually change the tilt of the seat. And fitting a memory foam pillow into any reasonably sized work bag? Not likely.

Where exactly are these pillows and other reclining aids coming from?