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I was under the understanding that there
was no requirement for a citizen to produce any form of paperwork... In general, police can always ask to see ID, but you aren't REQUIRED to show it unless they suspect you've done something illegal. So, for example, the police couldn't set up a checkpoint on a public sidewalk and demand that everyone passing it show their ID. But there are exceptions. For example, I believe that if you are on federal property (like a federal courthouse) police can demand ID from anyone. |
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In message "J. Clarke"
wrote: DevilsPGD wrote: In message "J. Clarke" wrote: g +DevilsPGD wrote: In message "RVer Don" wrote: I'll tell you how I feel. Sheriff Arpaio, someone in law enforcement who actually enforces the law. We need a lot more just like him. Are Americans actually required to produce papers upon demand now? Have been for decades. Oh? Now I'm not American, but I was under the understanding that there was no requirement for a citizen to produce any form of paperwork at any time unless a citizen initiated an interaction which may require identification (driving, being one such case) Any time a cop suspects you of anything he can take you down to the station for positive identification if you can't provide an ID. And a cop can _always_ find something of which to suspect you. Correct -- However, you still aren't required to provide identification, it's the police's job to identify you. In addition, you still have your rights intact, so you can request a lawyer, habeas corpus, and various other goodies, and it's up to the police to identify you, not up to you to identify yourself to the police. So once again, we're not at deportation for failing to provide papers. |
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you still aren't required to provide identification,
it's the police's job to identify you. Depends where you live. Some states require that suspects identify themselves, and the Supreme Court ruled in 2004 that it's legal for states to have such laws. |
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On the other hand, the US Border Patrol can and do set up checkpoints
at selected locations well away from the border. * Yeah, there are certain exceptions to the ID laws, and that's one of them. I believe that border patrol checkpoints are legal within 100 miles of a border. |
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On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:18:47 -0400, sechumlib
wrote: Sheriffs are limited in how they can "enforce the law" by the duties assigned to their office by statute. They aren't permitted, for example, to go out and lynch "suspected terrorists". He's not lynching anyone. He's enforcing existing law. Yours is not a good analogy. |
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