The U.S. Supreme Court dodged a notable case involving the consideration of race and potential Fourth Amendment seizures on Monday. And as has become routine with many significant cases before the bench, only Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas were willing to take it up.
The high court revealed in its latest order list that it has declined to hear arguments and issue a decision in United States v. Donte Carter. The case deals with the legal question of whether “perceptions of law enforcement that a court attributes to a particular racial group are a relevant factor in the Fourth Amendment analysis of whether a member of that group has been seized.”
