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To: newgeezer

Can you show me where the probable cause is in a random stop and search for a document!
If they can justify that I'm quite confident someone will come with justification for anything else light years from probable cause.


39 posted on 07/19/2004 2:27:47 PM PDT by chuckwalla (the insanity, the lunacy these days)
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To: chuckwalla
Can you show me where the probable cause is in a random stop and search for a document!

Certainly not. But, I suspect the courts are justifying it with some rendition of the ol' "when you're on public property -- especially when you operate a two-ton implement of destruction on public property -- you implicitly agree to ... (blah, blah, blah) ... for the public good."

Again, the difference is public vs. private property. I'm not saying I agree with it. I'm just saying that's likely the justification, the product of a very loose interpretation of the Constitutional language (as we're used to seeing at every turn).

Thus, coming into our private residences would still be a huge step from what we have here, stopping vehicles on the public roadway.

48 posted on 07/19/2004 2:43:58 PM PDT by newgeezer (A conservative who conserves -- a REAL capitalist!)
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