We wish it grew there
Posted on 05/16/2011 8:46:27 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
RE: The court’s decision is not about whether the entry is legal or not, but about how the illegal entry can be legally resisted.
OK, I’ll bite, I am a non-vilent person... how do I LEGALLY resist an insistent and unlawful police entry?
My first instinct would be to say NO THANK YOU and SHUT THE DOOR on his face.
If he leaves, fine with me. But here’s the next question...
What if he bangs on the door and then forces himself in? What next?
“We hold that there is no right to reasonably resist unlawful entry by police officers.”
Go here to download the PDF of the decision.
“The other part is that the court is giving up it’s own authority. Why would you tell the cops that they don’t have to come to you any more to be able to enter someone’s home?”
That’s right out of the Patriot Act. On the federal level the FBI writes its own warrants, ostensibly if it’s “terrorist” related, then goes back and gets permission retroactively.
It’s a short step to doing it for everything.
It’s for our own good, you know. (sarc)
Unbelievable! Rush is talking about this NOW!
http://v4.player.abacast.com/player/player.php?pid=1187
No, that’d just complicate the search with a bunch of unnecessary paperwork.
Besides, a warrant can always be obtained AFTER the search. I mean, after all, how are they supposed to know what things to list put on the warrant if they haven’t been able to look for them FIRST?
Frankly, I think it’s about time the whole ‘Catch 22’ situation that law enforcement has been in for the last 220+ years was cleared up.
Things will be SO much simpler now...
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Since when does a state (or a judge within a state) have the right to circumvent the U. S. Constitution? If and when the SCOTUS get around to this one it will hopefully get tossed. If not, sounds like some police are going to get themselves shot at in the Hoosier State.
Of the three justices voting for this insane decision, two - including the decision’s author - were appointed by Republican governors. There truly is no difference left between the GOP and the Dummies. “More power! More power! More power!” That’s the mantra of anyone in government.
If you have no "legal" way to resist on the front end, then "illegal" is the only alternative.
I'm glad my home state, Missouri, has "Castle Doctrine" laws on the books; illegal entry is illegal entry no matter who is involved.
It looks like the press got the word out to the people of the state of Indiana, now it’s time for the people of that state deal with it.
Inaction of the greatest magnitude is acceptance!
You don’t get to sit on the sidleines, reading articles in the paper, and correct the judicial blunder. If they get away with this flagrant disdain of the Law of the land! Time to mobilize en mass! Get those judges off the bench!
It’s your state, not the judges.
America is lost to the totalitarians.
Inevitably, if Indiana citizens have no recourse/redress against the violation of their rights, the end result is citizens taking matters into their own hands after the fact.
Least that is where I see this going.
As a former Law Enforcement Officer and Correctional Officer my family/ house has standard rules of operation.
NO ONE up to and including the FBI enters the house without a warrant. Anyone armed entering the house without a warrant is a home invasion and will be repealed with whatever force is nescessary.
No you can not come in a ask me questions. We can come back with a warrant. Fine, see you then.
If you are taken into police custody you never speak until you have a lawyer present. PERIOD...........
Long past time for the PEOPLE to take matters into their own hands.
RUSH BUMP
Police in Indiana are celebrating their right to enter any home they wish in order to shoot the owner’s dog.
These tyrants in black need to have their homes entered for no reason at all.
However, if someone wants to phone in a reason that leads to an entry, it wouldn’t spoil my day.
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