US Supreme Court Decides Kansas v Glover

On Monday (April 6) the United States Supreme Court, by a vote of 8-1, held that reasonable suspicion for a vehicle stop exists where the officer is informed that the registered owner of the suspect vehicle has a suspended driver's license. 

In its opinion, the Court reaffirmed its decision in United States v. Cortez (1981) holding that for an officer to initiate a brief investigative traffic stop "a particularized and objective basis for suspecting the particular person stopped of criminal activity" is required.