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To: toaster

Otherwise, it would be a "seizure" under the Fourth Amendment - it's just one little clue that they know that what they're doing is wrong and unsupportable under the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.


2 posted on 07/23/2005 7:01:08 PM PDT by mvpel (Michael Pelletier)
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To: mvpel
Quite the contrary. Clearly you haven't read a few dozen Fourth Amendment cases from the Supreme Court. When there is the option to turn around and leave, the search is not mandatory, and the Fourth Amendment is not triggered.

I already know the argument the ACLU will make to try to shut these searches down. But I won't bore you with that. Not even a Clinton judge will, I think, be stupid enough to strike down the searches. And if he/she does, the Circuit Court will promptly reverse.

Congressman Billybob

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6 posted on 07/23/2005 7:24:52 PM PDT by Congressman Billybob (Will President Bush's SECOND appointment obey the Constitution? I give 95-5 odds on yes.)
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