DUI checkpoints and 'no refusal' weekends

[Nordberg]

Michigan had them and the courts overturned them. Police have to have a cause and driving down the wrong street is not just cause.

 

[SmarterthanYou]

The courts are more correct than far right conservatives or libertarians.

so the 2nd Amendment is indeed an individual right? good job, buckwheat

 

[Adolf_Twitler]

We are losing our rights, bit by bit, every day.....like its death from a thousand cuts
Even issues presented as an extension of rights (usually for a few) is, in reality a contraction of rights for the majority.....

Driving intoxicated is not a right idiot!

 

[USFREEDOM911]

Why the fuck are you always raising old threads from the dead?

Because he probably got busted, again, for a DUI.

 

[Into the Night]

With the new years kicking in, it looks like more counties are going to implement 'no refusal' checkpoints, meaning that if you refuse a breathalyzer, then they can force you to submit to a blood draw.

Is this a violation of your rights?

Yes.

 

[Into the Night]

Driving intoxicated is not a right idiot!

Bigotry. Not everyone is intoxicated while driving.

 

[Into the Night]

Because he probably got busted, again, for a DUI.

Thread might be basically dead, but this sort of problem comes up every year about this time.

 

[USFREEDOM911]

Bigotry. Not everyone is intoxicated while driving.

Did you forget that there are two sides of this coin??

1 - DUI (driving while under the influence)

and

2 - DWI (driving while intoxicated)

 

[Adolf_Twitler]

Bigotry. Not everyone is intoxicated while driving.

People who are not intoxicated have no problem blowing into a breathalizer to prove they're not.

The mandated blood test is for these idiots that refuse to take one when suspected of drunk driving!

Over 50% of all fatal highway crashes involving two or more cars are alcohol related. Over 65% of all fatal single car crashes are alcohol related. Over 36% percent of all adult pedestrian accidents are alcohol related. And 10's of thousands of innocent people die each year as a result of drunk drivers.

The very next victim could be someone you love- OR YOU!

 

[domer76]

Michigan had them and the courts overturned them. Police have to have a cause and driving down the wrong street is not just cause.

SCOTUS ruled that they are generally legal

 

[Truth Detector]

With the new years kicking in, it looks like more counties are going to implement 'no refusal' checkpoints, meaning that if you refuse a breathalyzer, then they can force you to submit to a blood draw.

Is this a violation of your rights?

I believe that it is a violation if it forces you to submit. The right way to go about this is to give the drunk driver a choice; going to jail or submitting. He can always have counsel meet them at the jail house.

 

[jimmymccready]

No one has the right to speed, drive drunk, run red lights, etc.

 

[SmarterthanYou]

you don't believe in rights, anyway

 

[Nordberg]

No one has the right to speed, drive drunk, run red lights, etc.

When they do, they should get pulled over. I should not have to sit in a line of cars to prove I am not drinking.

 

[Nordberg]

SCOTUS ruled that they are generally legal

Not in Michigan. They are illegal in 10 states. https://www.whitelawpllc.com/blog/2018/september/are-dui-checkpoints-legal-in-michigan-/

 

[jimmymccready]

So they are legal in the states that do them, but SCOTUS permits states to make the decision.

So they are not unconstitutional.

 

[Nordberg]

So they are legal in the states that do them, but SCOTUS permits states to make the decision.

So they are not unconstitutional.

Permits? Does not overrule them.
I got caught in one once when i had to go to the toilet big time and was a mile from home. It was horrible. I gave them the license and registration a bit rudely, wanting them to hurry,.

 

[SmarterthanYou]

People who are not intoxicated have no problem blowing into a breathalizer to prove they're not.

not everyone is a willing slave to the state, like you are.

 

[SmarterthanYou]

So they are legal in the states that do them, but SCOTUS permits states to make the decision.

So they are not unconstitutional.

if you need the government to tell you what it's powers and authorities are, what the constitution means, then you're a failure as an American

 

[CFM]

Yes.

Are you saying driving drunk is OK?