[MisterKnowItAll]

'Bringing in a trained dog is a specific inquiry into the person and property of the target -- i.e. a "search" (the Court's sophistries to the contrary notwithstanding).'

_Whose_ 'sophistries'? The Court didn't hold that a dog sniff isn't a 'search'. The Fourth Amendment doesn't prohibit searches -- just 'unreasonable' ones.

[NJ_gent]

"The Fourth Amendment doesn't prohibit searches -- just 'unreasonable' ones."

Plain view is reasonable; using specially-tuned biological or mechanical equipment to conduct a search of my property is not.