Kiss The Fourth Amendment Goodbye! by Jon Christian Ryter
On the heels of a US Supreme Court decision that now allows police to fully arrest and handcuff American citizens for misdemeanor violations of traffic law that are generally punishable with a ticket and a fine in traffic court, the usually conservative US 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans ruled on Friday, March 26, 2004 that police officers can briefly search homes and commercial buildings and use any evidence found in those warrantless searches in the trials of those charged with violating the law--even if police had no suspicion those being detained had violated laws for which they were consequently charged based on the evidence discovered in the warrantless search.

- posted by SARTRE @ 6:32 AM