Traffic stops are one of the most common ways people come face to face with the criminal justice system, and what you say in those few minutes can shape everything that happens next. Staying quiet at ...

Traffic stops are one of the most common ways people interact with law enforcement, and they can escalate quickly when drivers fumble for paperwork or do not understand what they are required to show.

The Fourth Amendment protects us from being stopped, searched, or detained by police without good reason. But over the years, courts have dramatically weakened those protections when it comes to cars ...