A dog is not a method.
Bottom line: the courts disagree with you. The Supreme Court disagrees 9-0. It isn’t close.
Besides:
“Officer Wheetley pulled over respondent Harris for a routine traffic stop. Observing Harris’s nervousness and an open beer can...”
“It is unlawful and punishable as provided in this section for any person to possess an open container of an alcoholic beverage or consume an alcoholic beverage while operating a vehicle in the state or while a passenger in or on a vehicle being operated in the state.”
http://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2011/316.1936
That is the typical absurd abuse of language and concepts that leads to bad SCOTUS decisions. A dog IS a method. No different than jimmying open a car trunk.
Bottom line: the courts disagree with you. The Supreme Court disagrees 9-0. It isn’t close.
The Supreme Court makes lots of bad decisions. Roe. Kelo. Raich. This is another one.