Journal AHuxley's Journal: Kentucky police search homes without a warrant based on smell/sounds 6
The nytimes reports on how Justices Look Again at How Police May Search Homes after a case in Kentucky where police smelled burning marijuana coming from an apartment and kicked the door in.
Justice Kagan said, âoeis going to enable the police to penetrate the home, to search the home, without a warrant, without going to see a magistrate, in a very wide variety of cases.â
"He said a sensible criminal would answer the door but decline to let the police enter without a warrant."
Justice Kagan said, âoeis going to enable the police to penetrate the home, to search the home, without a warrant, without going to see a magistrate, in a very wide variety of cases.â
"He said a sensible criminal would answer the door but decline to let the police enter without a warrant."
Article Fail (Score:1)
Mind copying and pasting the article next time so those of us outside the gate can read it?
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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/13/us/13scotus.html?_r=2 [nytimes.com]
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Nytimes articles are only viewable to subscribers, I thought my post made that clear. *shrug*
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Nevermind, you just linked it wrong again: https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/13/us/13scotus.html [nytimes.com]
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Oh look (Score:2)
There's Scalia, "untroubled by the standard the government lawyers proposed".
I see he hasn't changed much. I'm sure that he'll find some Constitutional excuse for cops kicking in doors on any house they feel like without a warrant.