re: SCOTUS rules ignorance of a law IS an excuse.....if you're a cop

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From the opinion, not Roberts. The problem is the unclear north Carolina statute. It only took the courts this long to figure out. The police sergeant that made the stop was clearly rouge I suppose.

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That isn't the point. The point isn't whether this officer is rogue or not. The point is that the burden should be upon the state to be right when a stop is made.

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The critical point is that the statute poses a quite difficult question of interpretation,

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NOT the citizen's problem. It is absurd that the state can use "Well we're idiots so that's why our agent was confused" as a defense. Again, the citizen can't use that argument when he is confused by law. Why the frick does the state get to use it?