I can’t begin to argue it with anyone though. I know my limitations.

Precedent

In Terry v. Ohio, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a person can be stopped and briefly detained by a police officer based on a reasonable suspicion of involvement in a crime. If the officer additionally has reasonable suspicion that the person is armed, the officer may perform a search of the person’s outer garments for weapons. Such a detention does not violate the Fourth Amendment prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizure, though it must be brief. Reasonable suspicion does not provide grounds for arrest; however, an arrest can be made if facts discovered during the detention provide probable cause that the suspect has committed a crime.

In Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial District Court of Nevada the Court further established that a state may require, by law, that a person identify himself or herself to an officer during a stop; some states (e.g., Colorado[3]) require that a person detained provide additional information, but as of April 2010, the validity of such additional obligations has not come before the Supreme Court.

The whole article–

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reasonable_suspicion

I wonder how Cuccinelli is mulling over the latest AZ rulings. As an attorney, I would think he would be better versed in the law, especially Constitutional law.

CORRELATION IS NOT CAUSATION!

Let’s say I am driving through the state and I get a call on my cellphone from my cousin who lives in Canada, He wants me to send him $500 so he can take advantage of a good deal and I agree. I’m still this same native born American so I have to pay $5.00 tax to send money to my cousin in Canada. Now since I don’t live in Virginia and therefore won’t be filing a state income tax return, I guess I lose my $5.00–right?

If a taxi driver knowingly picks up an illegal immigrant to take him to the bank to send $500 home and he gets stopped for whatever violation, and the cop asks the passenger of ID and he doesn’t have any and it is proven he is here illegally–is the taxi driver guilty of transporting an illegal alien and thus subject to fine/jail?

I am a white, WASP from Germany who immigrated here 20 years ago and have been an American citizen for 10 years. I still have a heavy accent since I came here as an adult and have had a hard time learning English. I get stopped for speeding, I show the policeman my drivers’ license and auto registration. Because I have an accent, am I going to be asked to produce my “papers”? If I don’t have them–they are in my safe deposit box–am I going to get hauled off to jail? If so, and there is no one available to get my “papers” out of the safe deposit box, will I remain in jail indefinitely?

What is the standard for determining that, “there is reasonable suspicion that the person detained is an illegal immigrant.” Is the color of my skin? Is it my accent? Is it the fact that I can’t produce my “papers”? And BTW, what “papers” must I be able to produce?