papersplease.org has info on Deborah Davis (busted for refusing to show her papers when a city bus crossed Fed turf), Dudley Hiibel (busted under Nevada law for failing to comply with an arbitrary demand for his papers) and John Gilmore (suing for restoration of our right to travel).
Hiibel’s case was lost at the Supreme Court. Gilmore’s is to be heard shortly by the Ninth Circuit. Davis is to be arraigned this week in federal court (District of Colorado).
Wednesday: Feds evidently decided not to risk making Davis a test case.
The sheriff who arrested Hiibel first asked, “You’ve got any identification on you?” Hiibel replied, “No, I – why should I?” The cop demanded papers eleven more times, but it apparently never occurred to him to ask “What’s your name?”