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To: Altariel

Does the No Trespassing posting close the “open fields”?

I’d say yes, but who knows what the Nine Robed Lawyers will do.


17 posted on 01/22/2013 3:03:40 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (How long before all this "fairness" kills everybody, even the poor it was supposed to help???)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
It does to you but not to the po-lice. It is not a get out of jail card.
24 posted on 01/22/2013 3:26:09 PM PST by Domangart
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To: HiTech RedNeck
Does the No Trespassing posting close the “open fields”? I’d say yes, but who knows what the Nine Robed Lawyers will do.

The "open fields" exception to the 4th Amendment is unfortunately very old-- it goes back at least as far as Hester v. United States in 1924, which held that the 4th Amendment didn't require a search warrant for a search of open land, even if that search involved a trespass.

27 posted on 01/22/2013 3:40:52 PM PST by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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