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There?s pretext and then there?s pretext
photo credit: aslinth Among the many discussions clogging the bandwith of the local listserve this week was one about the validity of a traffic stop based on the police officer’s observation of an air-freshener hanging from the rear-view mirror of a vehicle...

Pretext Calls ? What You Need To Know
News that United Kingdom law enforcement officials are set to begin trying to make rape suspects incriminate themselves via telephone or text message means there?s no time like the present to review pretext calls...

Pretext Telephone Calls
A recent report in a newspaper in the United Kingdom reported that police in that country are planning to start using ?pretext? telephone calls and text messages in an attempt to get rape suspects to implicate themselves...

More On Pretext In Eminent Domain
Following up on this story, West Hawaii Today reports "Attorneys argue against Supreme Court ruling on bypass," about whether a second attempt to condemn property ostensibly for a road is pretextual when the court determined the first attempt was unconstitutional...

Any Pretext For Running Photos Of Dogs
Mystic Krewe of Mardi Paws receives demand letter from Have A Heart Through Art, owner of registration for MARDI PAWS.

PA Supreme Court on Public Use and Pretext - Take That, Kelo
An important case from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. In Middletown Township v. The Lands of Josef Seegar Stone, No 64 MAP 2006 (Dec...