A Minnesota man challenging the constitutionality of the state’s implied consent law lost his case in front of the Minnesota Court of Appeals on Monday. Under the law, a person suspected of driving under the influence can be charged with a separate crime if they refuse to submit to a breathalyzer test, even if the […]
NFL to Increase DUI Penalties
NFL players who commit an alcohol-related driving offense may soon face a suspension from the league, said a source at Fox Sports. The league office wants to increase penalties in hopes that it will deter players from getting behind the wheel after a night of drinking. The National Football League Players Association already offers transportation […]
Traffic Fatalities Continue to Rise in Minnesota
Traffic fatalities in Minnesota are on pace to rise for the second straight year, according to figures from the Minnesota Department of Transportation. So far there have been 204 deaths on Minnesota roads, and with some historically dangerous months ahead of us, state officials say we are on pace to easily surpass the 395 deaths […]
McNeely DWI part 2 – Constitutional Rights
The best place to start our discussion of the issues surrounding this whole McNeely frenzy is identifying the fundamental constitutional protections that all of us enjoy, as enshrined in the Bill of Rights, and how these rights are implicated by a DWI arrest. Which of these rights are implicated throughout a DWI arrest, and how […]
U.S. Supreme Court calls Minnesota’s DWI Laws into Question
On April 17th, 2013, the United States Supreme Court delivered an opinion, Missouri v. McNeely, which called into question nearly every aspect of Minnesota’s DWI law. Not only does the ruling in McNeely raise doubts about the constitutionality of our DWI law in its entirety, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor explicitly overturned what has become […]
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