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To: dirtboy

The courts have always considered a search of a car different from one of a home. There are restrictions on warrentless searches, but those restrictions were not an issue in this case. The only issue before the Supreme Court was if the dog’s alerting created a reasonable belief that drugs might be there. Their ruling was that it MIGHT, but that a court needs to look at the total situation rather than focus on just one area.

On 9-0 decision, there probably isn’t much controversy involved.


18 posted on 02/27/2013 7:05:08 PM PST by Mr Rogers (America is becoming California, and California is becoming Detroit. Detroit is already hell.)
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To: Mr Rogers
This was a unanimous decision, which indicates it isn’t some leftist plot to overthrow America.

And that is complete bullcrap. I have personally stood up to bad Supreme Court decisions - in federal court - and been proven right by subsequent SCOUTS decisions. And you are a slimy apologist for bad court decisions. A dog sniffing a car without any probable cause is no different than a cop kicking down a door of a house without such. You should be ashamed of yourself, but apologists for a police state have no shame.

21 posted on 02/27/2013 7:21:14 PM PST by dirtboy
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To: Mr Rogers
The courts have always considered a search of a car different from one of a home.

That may depend on the court involved; NM, for example, considers the vehicle to be an extension of the domicile [home].

71 posted on 02/28/2013 4:37:32 PM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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