[Lazamataz]

You're welcome. I'm not saying there's nothing to criticize in the ruling, but it doesn't exactly gut the Fourth Amendment and pave the road for a police state.

It's a nudge in the wrong direction. Not a leap, but definitely a nudge.

[MisterKnowItAll]

'It's a nudge in the wrong direction. Not a leap, but definitely a nudge.'

I'm open to that argument, but for my own part I can only say that my objection to the ruling is really an objection to the drug laws themselves. I have a residual sense that even though marijuana is technically 'contraband', there's still something illicit about sniffing for it because I don't think it really _should_ be 'contraband'.

If the contents of the trunk had been a pony nuke, I think we'd all have a different opinion.