Before the Court
The Justices Weigh in During Oral Arguments
At 10:03 a.m. on November 5, 2003, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments for case number 02-1060, Illinois v. Robert S. Lidster. At 11:03 a.m., arguments concluded and the case was submitted for judgment. Following are excerpts from the arguments of Gary Feinerman, attorney for Illinois, and Donald J. Ramsell, attorney for Robert S. Lidster. Questions are presented from the nine Supreme Court justices. Argument on Behalf of Illinois MR. FEINERMAN: A Lombard informational checkpoint was designed to find witnesses to a specific known crime. The principal question here is whether the checkpoint is per se invalid under the…
