American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Wisconsin, Amici Curiae
David D. Cole, Counsel of Record
The ACLU, a nationwide, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization with more than 400,000 members dedicated to the principles of liberty and equality and civil rights laws, is joined in this brief by its Wisconsin chapter. David D. Cole has served as the national legal director of the ACLU since July 2016. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for Petitioner as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on March 4, 2019. An unconscious person cannot freely and voluntarily consent to a search. For consent to a search to be truly voluntary, the individual providing consent must have the freedom to…