You look nervous?
Driving an out-of-state rental car?
Bend over...
Yup.
Officer: “I smell x, y, or z”. Bingo, probable cause.
Cop: Your honor, he had a tail light out, which was clear evidence to me that he is a slovenly individual who cares little about personal safety, and is therefore likely a drunk or drug dealer.
Citizen: But as it turns out, my tail light was not, in fact, out.
Judge: That's OK. There's a good-faith exemption. What did you find?
Cop: We found an unloaded 45 caliber pistol in a case, which the defendant is licensed to carry.
Judge: That's not a crime yet.
Citizen: Great, may I have my gun back?
Cop: Submit a request and you may see it again in five or six years.
What if I have “probable cause” to search a cop's car?
As we have seen lately, all it takes are Colorado license plates.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Today, it's more of an either-or, unless the police feel like waiving both requirements on their own initiative. This was a predictable result of the "Living Constitution", and it will get worse. Liberals and the ACLU claim to stand for these rights, but that turns out only to be true when their favored criminals are inconvenienced. Conservatives want to protect those rights equally for all - a goal that the far left describes as "racist".
Looking nervous? I like the fact that a subjective assessment is now a fact to justify probable cause.
The way things are now, you’d have to be semi-comatose not to be a little nervous when stopped by a cop.
I wonder how they get away with warrant-less searches in Mississippi - we pay property taxes on our vehicles and they are considered an extension of our homes for legal purposes.