[Poison Pill]

No doubt. If a judge signs-off on a warrant late in the day, the cops should wait until 9am the next morning. If on a Friday, the cops should've waited until Monday, to give a chance for the press to be there . . . and possibly tip off the suspect into destroying evidence of a crime. /s

There was no crime. Journalists have very broad protection under Federal law. You would think that a judge would be familiar with the laws that control the Fourth Estate. Was he absent the day they taught the 1st Amendment at law school?

[1rudeboy]

That is a good question, and one that will be determined in court. The judge signing the search warrant may simply have said to himself, "reasonable cause to believe that a crime has been committed" and kicked the can down the road.

I assure you, the judge did NOT consider the interesting (I'm being generous) legal theories regarding property law that are being propounded on this thread.