IV. Right of search and seizure regulated
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Gov't expanding laws? Whoda thunk it?
Warrantless searches are OK to stop pirating of intellectual property, but you can’t inquire of someone’s citizenship.
As a retired police officer, this scares the heck out of me.
Some wonder if the laws to keep us safe that have been enacted since 9/11 will expand...
“I lost my 4th Amendment Rights and all I got was this crummy DVD.”
A totally unconstitutional sop to Hollywood.
If I’m ever on a jury for this charge and the search was without a warrant, I’m voting not guilty.
Guess since the obama team can ignore the Constitution, the rest of the libs will follow.
Gov. Perdue: Let’s suspend elections. Only temporarily of course.
Gov. Brown: We can search for whatever we want whenever we want. We will get back to you when we reinstate that pesky search and seizure thing.
writs of assistance
California...always on the cutting edge of liberalizing or ignoring the Constitution. There’s another case out of CA that I think might be before the SC now about the placement of GPS on a car by law enforcement without a warrant. Nevermind, it’s a DC case: http://edca.typepad.com/eastern_district_of_calif/2011/06/supreme-court-grants-cert-in-jones-gps-case.html
But the 9th Circuit ruled it was ok: http://blogs.findlaw.com/blotter/2010/08/court-oks-warrantless-gps-tracking.html
Another day, another reason to be out of CA ping
If they can do it in plants, then they can do it any where.
That was just to sell it to the public. They will slowly phase it in.
Will someone search houses for those who own fake CDs and DVDs? The same logic applies to that situation. And search everyone’s computer for downloaded songs and movies.
All digital data in any format now becomes came with this ruling.
BUT DANG HAVE TO BREAK THE CONSTITUTION TO PROTECT THOSE IDIOT HOLLYWOOD PERVERTS AND THEIR PROFITS....
So, in California, SWAT teams will be knocking down your door to check out your DVDs and hard drives? Do they get to shoot you if you resist?
No challenge to this law being put together yet?
How’s that budget coming along, Moonbeam?
This egregious example of California silliness will be overturned on the first appeal.
Just another example of the fascists of the Left thinking they can do anything they please.
The essence of the fascist mentality.