Nope.
No warrant. You could have been flaying the skin off of your in-laws to make a coat and the evidence would have been thrown out of court.
There has to be exigency, which is probably why the Indiana liberal supremes decided to further blur the line here. The ruling is idiotic. I don’t know whether this can be challenged, but I believe it can be since the issue here is 4th Amendment.
There are several amendments in on this one ~ not just the 4th.
“The ruling is idiotic. I don’t know whether this can be challenged, but I believe it can be since the issue here is 4th Amendment.”
I can only assume this is going to be appealed to the Supreme Court. It is a seriously bad idea.
Jonah Goldberg had a little post one day (I don’t remember what prompted it) remarking that he was surprised to see that a big divide on the Right was between those who were “pro-cop” and those who were “anti-cop”. That’s just shorthand and those are my words not his.
Of course, as a dweller on these boards I was surprised he was surprised.
I’m in the middle on this stuff, but I’m coming to think we’ve got to start watching and being wary of the cops even more lately. I’m concerned about what may happen in some situations involving unions and just in general I’m concerned that cops are starting to be used to restrict our liberty.
This decision in Indiana fits right in there. It needs to be appealed and it needs to be reversed.