How about we just do away with the Fourth Amendment everywhere?
Let the police just enter people's home and search for illegal MP3's. That'll stop illegal downloads. Maybe they'll also find a terrorist or two listening to a bootleg of Desert Rose.
No, doesn't work for me. My point here is more along the line with post #186... if the NYPD is not allowed to search everyone then they can't search the nervous ME youth with the long bulky coat. I live on an island here in Washington State and we are subject to random searches to ride the ferry. If we were not in this terrorism battle I would not like it one bit but as it is better safe than sorry.
And not I don't think the war on terror is just an excuse to take our rights away from us.