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ceejayoztoday at 5:34 PM1 replyview on HN

> show ID if pulled over [Whren v. United States]

Not what it establishes. https://www.oyez.org/cases/1995/95-5841

> your passenger is required to show his or her ID [Brendlin v. California (2007) & Arizona v. Johnson (2009)]

Not what Brendlin establishes (https://www.oyez.org/cases/2006/06-8120) nor Johnson (https://www.oyez.org/cases/2008/07-1122).

Passengers in a vehicle aren't even required to have a license. There's no requirement for citizens to carry papers in the US.

(They may be required to give their name, but not carry ID.)

> you must exist the vehicle if asked to do so [Pennsylvania v. Mimms (1977) (for drivers)

Only because "officers had stopped Mimms for a legitimate reason and, upon observing [a] bulge in his jacket" (https://www.oyez.org/cases/1977/76-1830)

> Maryland v. Wilson (1997) (for passengers)]

Similarly, if the stop is legitimate. (https://www.oyez.org/cases/1996/95-1268)


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alwatoday at 6:03 PM

Don’t those cases establish that police may, within the bounds of the fourth amendment, detain both the driver and any passengers; which then triggers requirements under other state laws allowing police to compel detained people to identify themselves?

E.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_and_identify_statutes ?

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