[Lawgvr1955]

So much for the observation of William Pitt that was once so often quoted in Fourth Amendment cases:

The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the force of the Crown. It may be frail; its roof may shake; the wind may blow through it; the storms may enter, the rain may enter,—but the King of England cannot enter; all his forces dare not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement!

[Old Professer]

That quote was an homily to the king and not a point of fact.