The Fourth Amendment generally requires police officers to obtain a warrant before they enter a home. But the Supreme Court has recognized several exceptions to that rule for emergencies. On Wednesday, Oct. 15, in Case v. Montana, the justices will consider how certain police must be that there is an emergency before they can enter a home without a warrant. Is it enough, as the Montana Supreme Court held, that police have only “reasonable suspicion” that there is an emergency? Or are police officers required to meet a higher bar and have probable cause to believe that there is an emergency?
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Judges decide cases. Parties come to judges to resolve their disagreements. Some of those disagreements are about matters of fact (“what happened?”), and some of those disagreements are about matters of law (“what should have happened?”). “What happened” is a question about an event that occurred in the past. “What should have happened” is a question about a rule that existed in the past and was established even further in the past.
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a new 24% tax on marijuana sales between producers and dispensaries, saying the measure will help fund her administration’s long-promised effort to repair the state’s crumbling roads.
The tax, which applies to wholesale marijuana transactions, is expected to generate roughly $420 million annually — money that will go toward Whitmer’s $1.8 billion road-funding plan.
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