On April 20, 2016, the Supreme Court heard oral argument inBernard v. Minnesota, which was consolidated with Birchfield v. North Dakota and Beylund v. Levi. In Bernard, William Robert Bernard, Jr., admitted he had been drinking, but he denied driving his truck and refused to perform a field sobriety test. He was arrested on suspicion of driving while impaired and taken to the police station, where he refused to consent to a chemical test in violation of Minnesota state law. Bernard was charged w...
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