[oneolcop]

Case-law generally dictates the conditions under which a police officer can search. The cops can search any car on public property without a warrant. It's gone all the way to the supreme court.

[38special]

...and it's being abused. It was never meant to be SOP, which it has become.

[philman_36]

Case-law generally dictates the conditions under which a police officer can search. The cops can search any car on public property without a warrant. It's gone all the way to the supreme court.
Cops just "doing what they're told to do".
No thought process required or allowed, just "do as you're told"...

It's so easy to lay the blame at the feet of those who pass the laws: legislators and judges, isn't it.
Absolution is yours, therein.