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Court Opens Door To Searches Without Warrants
(TheNewOrleansChannel, March 29, 2004)
In case there was any doubt about the direction of the courts and the increasing possibility of a police state in America, fasten your seatbelts, campers. The New Orleans-based 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has broken down the door and gutted the 4th Amendment by allowing that police officers in Louisiana no longer need a search or arrest warrant to conduct a brief search of your home or business. Naturally, law enforcement states that this "keep officers safe," but former U.S. Attorney Julian Murray said the ruling is problematic as searches can be performed "if an officer fears for his safety" - a purely subjective justification. Two of the dissenting judges called the ruling the "road to Hell."

posted by An Old Curmudgeon 8:12 AM