[Jacquerie]

Good post.

After reading the Federalist Papers, most of the Anti-Federalist Papers, Liberty & Tyranny, Men in Black and The Dirty Dozen I have reached a simple conclusion.

A piece of paper is not a guarantor of our rights.

[musicman]

Bookmark & BTTT !!

[Rockingham]

Formulas and tests of various kinds are integral to legal reasoning and cannot be rejected categorically. Being stated in general terms, constitutional provisions usually have to be interpreted by courts so as to give them meaning in specific factual contexts.

Over the course of time, courts developed rules to guide search and seizure decisions. Track the decisions back far enough, and one commonly finds a mix of legal and political history and legislative and constitutional intent as the basis for the tests and formula that courts rely on.

[Bhoy]

Thanks for post.