Tuesday, April 5, 2005

Not intrusive enough?

SCOTUS refuses to hear drug dog case, allowing a lower court ruling that it's perfectly OK to have a drug dog sniff your door without a warrant.

Screw the 4th Amendment, I guess. Although you have nothing to worry about if you aren't doing something wrong, right? At least until the dog gets it wrong, the police break down your door, and you pull a gun thinking someone is breaking in. Think it doesn't happen? Think again.

So, now, it's OK for the police to search the outside of your home, just not inside.

A Texas state court ruled last year that the dog sniff outside his garage was not intrusive enough to invoke constitutional protection. It also said police did not unlawfully trespass because the garage was along a sidewalk that visitors must walk to reach the front door. (Emphasis mine)


Not intrusive enough. Perfect.

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