I don't know much time we have left, and I don't know if its too late to do anything about it, but it certainly seems the republic is lost.
Police officers may enter and search a home without a warrant as long
as one occupant consents, even if another resident has previously
objected, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in a Los Angeles case.
The 6-3 ruling, triggered by a Los Angeles Police Department arrest in 2009, gives authorities more leeway to search homes without obtaining a warrant, even when there is no emergency.
The majority, led by Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.,
said police need not take the time to get a magistrate's approval
before entering a home in such cases. But dissenters, led by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg,
warned that the decision would erode protections against warrantless
home searches. The court had previously held that such protections were
at the "very core" of the 4th Amendment and its ban on unreasonable
searches and seizures.
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Police officers may enter and search a home without a warrant as long
as one occupant consents, even if another resident has previously
objected, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in a Los Angeles case.
The 6-3 ruling, triggered by a Los Angeles Police Department arrest in 2009, gives authorities more leeway to search homes without obtaining a warrant, even when there is no emergency.
The majority, led by Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.,
said police need not take the time to get a magistrate's approval
before entering a home in such cases. But dissenters, led by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg,
warned that the decision would erode protections against warrantless
home searches. The court had previously held that such protections were
at the "very core" of the 4th Amendment and its ban on unreasonable
searches and seizures.
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