John Edward McIntyre v. United States
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure
Whether the holding in Whren v. United States should be overruled in cases where a traffic stop is the result of a targeted criminal interdiction operation, specifically aimed at ferreting out crime in high crime neighborhoods
QUESTION PRESENTED In Whren v. United States, 517 U.S. 806 (1996), this Court held that for purposes of the Fourth Amendment, a police officer’s subjective motivation for conducting a traffic stop is irrelevant as long as there was an objectively reasonable basis for doing so. Should this holding be overruled in cases where a traffic stop is the result of a targeted criminal interdiction operation, specifically aimed at ferreting out crime in high crime neighborhoods? il