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More Fourth Amendment Tomfoolery
Sunday, March 28th, 2004Damn. I just posted on the Fourth Amendment. I can’t go to the gym for two hours before the Bill of Rights takes another hit.
A federal appeals court has opened the door for police officers in three states to search homes and buildings for evidence without a warrant — a ruling that two dissenting judges called “the road to hell.”Acting on a Baton Rouge case, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that police do not need an arrest or search warrant to conduct a swift sweep of private property to ensure their own safety.
Any evidence discovered during that search now is admissible in court as long as the search is a “cursory inspection,” and if police entered the site for a legitimate law enforcement purpose and believed it may be dangerous.
Are you kidding me?
My favorite response comes in another article, from New Orleans police department spokesman Capt. Marlon Defillo, who promised the new power “won’t be abused.”
Lessee. Spokesperson for the most corrupt major city police department in the country promises that a sweeping new power to search without warrants won’t be abused.
Yeah. I feel better already.
Private property rights under attack with governments stealing homes for new Wal-Marts. Freedom of Speech rights under attack from the politically correct crowd, not to mention campaign finance reform, Freedom of Assembly [and speech] is under attack from the so called Free Speech zones created where ever the president goes so he isnt “threatened” by protesters, yet his supporters are right there on the sidelines. Now we have to contend with this?
I thought we *BEAT* the Soviet Union. Why is it we’re turning into them?
Sorry, Jym. The Berlin Wall coming down didn’t signal the end of communism. It just let it out.
The Supreme Court is gonna need a bigger schedule…
I got out of bed this morning without a permit - and got away with it, heh heh heh…..
“Swift sweep”?
I guess that just sends the signal that “violaters” need to hide their stashes very, very well.
I know this is off-topic, but I don’t know where else to post these comments… anyone here know that Kerry spent his summers in a family home in France and that he attended boarding school in Switzerland??? How in the world does this make him relatable to the “poor” people he is pandering to in this election? Sorry for the rant. I didn’t know where else to go. This is probably old news but it’s new to me.
As a Louisiana resident, I’d like to first point out that the article that the AP did gives more detail on the case, and also the full quote from the dissenting judges, and reminds residents of Mississippi and Texas that they are also affected by this ruling.
http://www.theadvertiser.com/news/html/97035704-A0F3-44D5-8547-9F5A4A60DF82.shtml
It’s fabulous to know that after a 10 year justice department investigation, the prevailing corruption in the NOPD has been overcome so they won’t misuse this new power.
http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SOU_NEW_ORLEANS_POLICE_STOL-?SITE=APWEB&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
All hail the new police state.
Yes this is off topic!!!!!!! The info you needed or brought however is crap!!!
Kerry’s father was a diplomat in Berlin at the time of his attendance at institut of montana. So case closed, no anti-american conspiracy here. That summer house you speak of, is a family estate. Note: not all Americans reside or came from solely the USA. The cousin he spent time with is a french mayor and wouldn’t you know it he lives in FRANCE!!!!! If you want to make character assassinations, you better DAMN well not BITCH when people do likewise with your precious Bush…As for his education putting him out of touch with working class Americans, I would say maybe, but Bush is no different so the point is moot. This partisan bullshit is making americans look like a bunch of ASSES!!!!Sorry, that’s my rant.
Yes, that seems to be off topic. However I reread the post and I didnât find a single reference to Bush. Rather than just pointing out the facts in Mr. Kerry’s residence your decided to make it a clearly partisan rant, thereby negating your case. Nice job.
Buzz, If you have read posts from Ms. Dani before, you should know she nearly always posts pro-bush or I should say pro-conservative. As for me turning it partisan, reread her post. Or better yet, ” How in the world does this make him relatable to the “poor” people he is pandering to in this election? ” I hardly think this is an innocent question really bothering her. You are right however, I did take a snotty tone for this I apologize to you and Ms. Dani. But my arguement still applies, it goes both ways in the snipeing game, pro-bush voters tend to get riled up when someone says his hair looks bad, just as pro-kerry voters get riled up when you talk about botox injections. heehee. We spend to much time bitching about and dredging up personal crap. We need to All get together right,left, middle and start to fix this broken but beautiful country.
More off topic:
The thing is Michael is that it’s the Democrats who generally like to make a big deal about someone being a blue’blood, or in Kerry’s case would that be a “bleu”-blood? Suddenly we’re not hearing those comments this time around? Wonder why?
BTW–don’t hold back on the Bush Character assassinations on my account.
Anytime you want–I’ll be waiting for you, right here in the gutter.
Not my preference but– I will go there.
Believe it.
A “protective sweep” search of a residence has long been established as an exception to the warrant rule, but it appears here that the slope has slippened.