High Court Won’t Hear 1st, 4th Amendment Questions Over Livestreamed Traffic Stop

Mealey's (December 11, 2023, 1:51 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In its Dec. 11 order list, the U.S. Supreme Court denied competing petitions for certiorari filed by a North Carolina police department and a man who livestreamed a traffic stop by two of the department’s officers, declining to address their respective questions under the Fourth and First Amendments to the U.S. Constitution related to free speech, protected activity, qualified immunity, lawfully seized vehicles and officer safety, among other things....