[freeeee]

Stopping people in the streets and checking out the car for highway safety has been going on for as long as cars have been on the road.

...in Russia.

In America that practice was ended with the 4th Amendment which was a direct response to the British "General Warrant".

Roadblocks in the US were resurrected in 1992 with a SCOTUS ruling that admitted roadblocks did indeed violate the 4th Amendment, but ruled that taking drunks off the road was a compelling state interest that overruled 4th Amendment protection.

Pure, unmitigated court activism. SCOTUS has no authority to override the Constitution. Rehnquist wrote the decision, showing that "conservatives" just LOVE judicial activism when it suits their purposes. Hypocrites.

Your historical revisionism won't fly here.

[A CA Guy]

Highway Patrol has been doing this for public safety all over the nation for I believe over 50 years now.

Russia would allow you to drive without insurance, a license and drunk...so we are not being Russia here.

[pandemoniumreigns]

There once was a rather infamous roadblock (sort of) here in TN on I-40 between Knoxville and Crossville. The local Sheriff would set a sign out on the interstate (DRUG AND DUI CHECKPOINT AHEAD) about 100yds before the exit "AIRPORT RD". A road that went absolutly nowhere but the airport(I'm Sure closed at nite) and mabe a few rural homes. Anyone who was dumb enough to take this exit was in for major grilling as to what his business was on this rd.

They got their big drug bust there a few years ago but it was tossed out.

I had passed that sign once about 5 years ago but I think they have rethought that stop since then.