So much for the Fourth Amendment

[zsander]

From "I have a warrant" to "probable cause" to "because I fucking FEEL like it, CITIZEN."

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/23/scotus.searches/index.html

Comments

[mrdodd]

Sadly it was already this way anyway. All they did with this is say that the police can violate state law and let stuff in.

When police search without a warrant, they have to prove that it falls within an accepted exception to a warrant. One such exception is extingent circumstances. That means whenever something could disappear before a warrant could be obtained. Under the supreme court, this was interpreted to mean that if its in car, it's too mobile and thus ok to search without a warrant.

I swear, the more I learn about this country...

[xplosivo]

This country just can't stop fucking up.