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Task: Car Stop Based on Pretext
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Whren v. United States, 517 U.S. 806 (1996).
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The fact that the particular officer used the traffic violation as an

excuse to stop the vehicle for investigative purposes does not make

the stop unlawful under the 4 Amendment if some objectively
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reasonable police officer would have stopped the vehicle for the
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violation in question.

Caution: Traffic stops based upon an impermissible classification such
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as race may still be challenged under the Constitution’s Equal

Protection Clause.

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