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Indiana Supreme Court: citizens have no right to resist unlawful police entry

	05/16/2011 9:22:18 AM PDT · by Halfmanhalfamazing · 3 replies Examiner ^ \| May 16th \| Howard Portnoy In a move that flies not only in the face of the U.S. Constitution but defies common law dating back to the Magna Carta of 1215, the Indiana Supreme Court has ruled that residents of the Hoosier state have no right to resist unlawful police entry into their homes. In a 3-2 decision, Justice Steven David, writing for the majority, expressed the view that a right to resist an unlawful police entry into a home is against public policy and is incompatible with modern Fourth Amendment jurisprudence. We also find that allowing resistance unnecessarily escalates the level of violence and...

Indiana Supreme Court rules Hoosiers have no right to resist unlawful entry of homes by police
	05/16/2011 8:46:27 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 32 replies Hotair ^ \| 05/16/2011 \| Bruce McQuain No, you read it right. ThatÂ’s what the Indiana Supreme Court decided in what would be a laughable finding if it wasnÂ’t so serious: Overturning a common law dating back to the English Magna Carta of 1215, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Hoosiers have no right to resist unlawful police entry into their homes. The author of the story reporting this is right Â– somehow the ISC managed, in one fell swoop, to overturn almost 900 years of precedent, going back to the Magna Carta. In a 3-2 decision, Justice Steven David writing for the court said if...

Court: No right to resist illegal cop entry into home‏
	05/16/2011 6:25:46 AM PDT · by Cheeks · 42 replies nwitimes.com ^ \| 5/13 \| Dan Carden INDIANAPOLIS \| Overturning a common law dating back to the English Magna Carta of 1215, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Hoosiers have no right to resist unlawful police entry into their homes. In a 3-2 decision, Justice Steven David writing for the court said if a police officer wants to enter a home for any reason or no reason at all, a homeowner cannot do anything to block the officer's entry. "We believe ... a right to resist an unlawful police entry into a home is against public policy and is incompatible with modern Fourth Amendment jurisprudence," David...

No Right to Resist Unlawful Police Entry: Indiana Supremes
	05/15/2011 8:17:50 AM PDT · by KeyLargo · 64 replies Outside the Beltway ^ \| May 14, 2011 \| James Joyner Outside the Beltway No Right to Resist Unlawful Police Entry: Indiana Supremes James Joyner May 14, 2011 For as long as the notion of individual rights has existed, one of them has been the notion that one’s home is sacrosanct. As of Thursday, that’s no longer true in Indiana. AP (“Court: No right to resist unlawful police entry“): People have no right to resist if police officers illegally enter their home, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled in a decision that overturns centuries of common law. The court issued its 3-2 ruling on Thursday, contending that allowing residents to resist officers...

(Indiana) Court: No right to resist unlawful police entry
	05/14/2011 3:32:09 AM PDT · by markomalley · 138 replies AP/Chicago Tribune ^ \| 5/13/11 People have no right to resist if police officers illegally enter their home, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled in a decision that overturns centuries of common law. The court issued its 3-2 ruling on Thursday, contending that allowing residents to resist officers who enter their homes without any right would increase the risk of violent confrontation. If police enter a home illegally, the courts are the proper place to protest it, Justice Steven David said. "We believe ... a right to resist an unlawful police entry into a home is against public policy and is incompatible with modern Fourth Amendment...

Court: No right to resist illegal cop entry into home
	05/13/2011 6:33:44 PM PDT · by WildSnail · 81 replies NWI Times ^ \| Friday, May 13, 2011 3:56 pm \| Dan Carden INDIANAPOLIS \| Overturning a common law dating back to the English Magna Carta of 1215, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Hoosiers have no right to resist unlawful police entry into their homes. In a 3-2 decision, Justice Steven David writing for the court said if a police officer wants to enter a home for any reason or no reason at all, a homeowner cannot do anything to block the officer's entry.

Court: No right to resist illegal cop entry into home
	05/13/2011 6:33:44 PM PDT · by WildSnail · 81 replies NWI Times ^ \| Friday, May 13, 2011 3:56 pm \| Dan Carden INDIANAPOLIS \| Overturning a common law dating back to the English Magna Carta of 1215, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Hoosiers have no right to resist unlawful police entry into their homes. In a 3-2 decision, Justice Steven David writing for the court said if a police officer wants to enter a home for any reason or no reason at all, a homeowner cannot do anything to block the officer's entry.

Court: No right to resist illegal cop entry into home[Indiana]
	05/13/2011 6:35:22 AM PDT · by jaydubya2 · 194 replies nwitimes ^ \| Thursday, May 12, 2011 \| Dan Carden INDIANAPOLIS \| Overturning a common law dating back to the English Magna Carta of 1215, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Hoosiers have no right to resist unlawful police entry into their homes. In a 3-2 decision, Justice Steven David writing for the court said if a police officer wants to enter a home for any reason or no reason at all, a homeowner cannot do anything to block the officer's entry. "We believe ... a right to resist an unlawful police entry into a home is against public policy and is incompatible with modern Fourth Amendment jurisprudence," David...

	05/16/2011 9:22:18 AM PDT · by Halfmanhalfamazing · 3 replies Examiner ^ \| May 16th \| Howard Portnoy In a move that flies not only in the face of the U.S. Constitution but defies common law dating back to the Magna Carta of 1215, the Indiana Supreme Court has ruled that residents of the Hoosier state have no right to resist unlawful police entry into their homes. In a 3-2 decision, Justice Steven David, writing for the majority, expressed the view that a right to resist an unlawful police entry into a home is against public policy and is incompatible with modern Fourth Amendment jurisprudence. We also find that allowing resistance unnecessarily escalates the level of violence and...

Indiana Supreme Court rules Hoosiers have no right to resist unlawful entry of homes by police
	05/16/2011 8:46:27 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 32 replies Hotair ^ \| 05/16/2011 \| Bruce McQuain No, you read it right. ThatÂ’s what the Indiana Supreme Court decided in what would be a laughable finding if it wasnÂ’t so serious: Overturning a common law dating back to the English Magna Carta of 1215, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Hoosiers have no right to resist unlawful police entry into their homes. The author of the story reporting this is right Â– somehow the ISC managed, in one fell swoop, to overturn almost 900 years of precedent, going back to the Magna Carta. In a 3-2 decision, Justice Steven David writing for the court said if...

Court: No right to resist illegal cop entry into home‏
	05/16/2011 6:25:46 AM PDT · by Cheeks · 42 replies nwitimes.com ^ \| 5/13 \| Dan Carden INDIANAPOLIS \| Overturning a common law dating back to the English Magna Carta of 1215, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Hoosiers have no right to resist unlawful police entry into their homes. In a 3-2 decision, Justice Steven David writing for the court said if a police officer wants to enter a home for any reason or no reason at all, a homeowner cannot do anything to block the officer's entry. "We believe ... a right to resist an unlawful police entry into a home is against public policy and is incompatible with modern Fourth Amendment jurisprudence," David...

No Right to Resist Unlawful Police Entry: Indiana Supremes
	05/15/2011 8:17:50 AM PDT · by KeyLargo · 64 replies Outside the Beltway ^ \| May 14, 2011 \| James Joyner Outside the Beltway No Right to Resist Unlawful Police Entry: Indiana Supremes James Joyner May 14, 2011 For as long as the notion of individual rights has existed, one of them has been the notion that one’s home is sacrosanct. As of Thursday, that’s no longer true in Indiana. AP (“Court: No right to resist unlawful police entry“): People have no right to resist if police officers illegally enter their home, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled in a decision that overturns centuries of common law. The court issued its 3-2 ruling on Thursday, contending that allowing residents to resist officers...

(Indiana) Court: No right to resist unlawful police entry
	05/14/2011 3:32:09 AM PDT · by markomalley · 138 replies AP/Chicago Tribune ^ \| 5/13/11 People have no right to resist if police officers illegally enter their home, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled in a decision that overturns centuries of common law. The court issued its 3-2 ruling on Thursday, contending that allowing residents to resist officers who enter their homes without any right would increase the risk of violent confrontation. If police enter a home illegally, the courts are the proper place to protest it, Justice Steven David said. "We believe ... a right to resist an unlawful police entry into a home is against public policy and is incompatible with modern Fourth Amendment...

Court: No right to resist illegal cop entry into home
	05/13/2011 6:33:44 PM PDT · by WildSnail · 81 replies NWI Times ^ \| Friday, May 13, 2011 3:56 pm \| Dan Carden INDIANAPOLIS \| Overturning a common law dating back to the English Magna Carta of 1215, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Hoosiers have no right to resist unlawful police entry into their homes. In a 3-2 decision, Justice Steven David writing for the court said if a police officer wants to enter a home for any reason or no reason at all, a homeowner cannot do anything to block the officer's entry.

Court: No right to resist illegal cop entry into home
	05/13/2011 6:33:44 PM PDT · by WildSnail · 81 replies NWI Times ^ \| Friday, May 13, 2011 3:56 pm \| Dan Carden INDIANAPOLIS \| Overturning a common law dating back to the English Magna Carta of 1215, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Hoosiers have no right to resist unlawful police entry into their homes. In a 3-2 decision, Justice Steven David writing for the court said if a police officer wants to enter a home for any reason or no reason at all, a homeowner cannot do anything to block the officer's entry.

Court: No right to resist illegal cop entry into home[Indiana]
	05/13/2011 6:35:22 AM PDT · by jaydubya2 · 194 replies nwitimes ^ \| Thursday, May 12, 2011 \| Dan Carden INDIANAPOLIS \| Overturning a common law dating back to the English Magna Carta of 1215, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Hoosiers have no right to resist unlawful police entry into their homes. In a 3-2 decision, Justice Steven David writing for the court said if a police officer wants to enter a home for any reason or no reason at all, a homeowner cannot do anything to block the officer's entry. "We believe ... a right to resist an unlawful police entry into a home is against public policy and is incompatible with modern Fourth Amendment jurisprudence," David...