By Jonathan Capriel ( February 20, 2026, 8:36 PM EST) — A Michigan state trooper cannot lean on qualified immunity to defeat claims he violated a bar’s Fourth Amendment right, a Sixth Circuit panel ruled in a split decision, saying an officer can’t use a liquor inspection as a pretext to investigate a drunk-driving crime….

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