If there is no law, there is no law
Time to pass an ammendment completely barring all no-knock warrants, and then another ammendment stating that all searches and seizures on private property and vehicles must have a warrant with no acceptions.
You just have to make it crystal clear what you want, so lawyers cannot walk in and use the Bill Clinton meaning of what is, is. In this ruling, the important word enabling them to dismantle the Fourth Ammendment was “reasonable”. That’s quite a stretch to have that as the folcrum of our protection against a police state. Reasonable to whom? Jesus Christ or Adolf Hitler?
Was the Constitution and Bill of Rights made for ease and safety of law enforcement, or for the safety and security of the people against tyrannical government and its agents?
UHHHH, I feel so unclean.
However, the majority of the Supreme Court did give law enforcement the right to knock on a door, listen, and then break a door down to gain entry when a warrant should have been obtained that was based on evidence.
I wonder how many police officers or people knocking on doors in the middle of the night are now going to be shot or greeted with a firearm.
bkmrk
What other “evidence” might be at risk of imminent destruction?
Perhaps computer files? Could the cops kick in your door if they hear you hit the delete key? Or if they hear you listening to a radio station that isn’t approved once the Fairness Doctrine is restored?
The Constitution was written specifically to establish a government that citizens would never need to fear.
Now we do fear our government. In so many ways.
Did anyone read the opinon? Jeez. The guy made a cocaine drug deal with an undercover cop then went into his apt. The cops knocked on the door and smelled weed. That’s more than enough to go in...without a warrant.
Please people, read before you start sensationalizing things.
Here’s a scenario in an attempt to explain why this ruling is not good news. Let’s say the ‘majority’ decides the book 1984 is treasonous and dangerous. It becomes law that no one have or read the book. Don’t laugh, the constitution says nothing about ‘weed’ either. Who’d of thunk the majority forced seatbelts and would ban smoking and transfats? Police are out patrolling, hear pages ruffling in your abode, reasonable suspicion you’re holding the ‘forbidden’ and break down your door.
We the people have given the government permission to rule with an iron fist over us and welcomed them to take our freedoms away. Conservatives with their big gov’t pet peeves and libs with theirs.
We need to get back to the Constitution if there’s even any hope of doing that left. Neither party will get us there tho. At this point, don’t know what will.
Judge Napolitano on the 4th Amendment Extremely Educational
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8wEUhlXLG8