I'll explain why I say that. The guy is in fact a scum bag drug dealer, multiple felon. I can see where those facts may give the conservative judges pause, because that guy will walk free if they rule in his favor.
I'm sure the civil liberties lawyers could have found dozens of better cases to settle the issue.
We wouldn’t have known any of this about the guy who got the 11 years, had the cops not violated his 4th Amendment rights by bashing his door in based on 1) an odor and 2) a sound (both subjective calls that cannot be cross-examined later in a court of law). I’ve heard cops brag they can say that about anybody they wish to throw into the slammer, which is why I don’t trust them at all.
This is all poisoned fruit, and I’m disappointed Scalia sees nothing wrong with it. I’m also disappointed in some fellow FReepers.