What is interesting in this trial is that it is a trial about the Constitutionally guaranteed pursuit of happiness.

Clive and his friends were simply having a good time.  They had jumped in and lied down in the back of a pickup truck to go to the next party after Comedy Night at the Santa Cruz Crows Nest a restaurant and bar at the Harbor in Santa Cruz. 

What does the 9th Amendment guarantee? Your rights shall not diminish!  If you were allowed to drive around in the back of a pickup truck for century, how can the government lawfully take this right away from you without violating the 9th?  Furthermore, where is the damage in driving around in the back of a pickup truck?  Does the government have the right to tell you what you can and can't do when what you are doing does not trespass or harm anyone else?  Learn about the Ticket Scam

CHP officers stopped the truck Clive and his friends were in and asked the passengers to identify themselves.