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The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled 4-3 yesterday that police do not need a reason to ask permission to search someone's home.

"The Constitution protects against unreasonable searches and seizures and against coerced waivers of constitutional rights," Albin wrote. "It does not disallow voluntary cooperation with the police." >>>

I guess if you're a criminal and are dumb enough to sign a waiver for the cops to come in and search, then you should get arrested.

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Wallace added that the Supreme Court of Washington state declared in 1998 that "any knock and talk is coercive to some degree" and required police to warn occupants they have a right to deny the police entry. Wallace added that the Supreme Court of Washington state declared in 1998 that "any knock and talk is coercive to some degree" and required police to warn occupants they have a right to deny the police entry./

Albin countered that unlike a motorist stopped on the road and threatened with a traffic citation, someone who is at home "can send the police away without fear of immediate repercussions."

Buckman said having five detectives show up on one's doorstep is "every bit if not more coercive than a car search." When courts allow that, he added, "we've got a problem with the privacy of our homes."

Albin countered that unlike a motorist stopped on the road and threatened with a traffic citation, someone who is at home "can send the police away without fear of immediate repercussions."

Buckman said having five detectives show up on one's doorstep is "every bit if not more coercive than a car search." When courts allow that, he added, "we've got a problem with the privacy of our homes."

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I guess if you're a criminal and are dumb enough to sign a waiver for the cops to come in and search, then you should get arrested.

Two words. "Implied consent". May you never have to deal with them. Yet it seems that everyone that encounters law enforcement is guilty until they can prove otherwise, for some folks.

[Focault's Pendulum]

"The Constitution protects against unreasonable searches and seizures and against coerced waivers of constitutional rights,"

Let's think Tax assessors