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Time to pass an ammendment completely barring all no-knock warrants, and then another ammendment stating that all searches and seizures on private property and vehicles must have a warrant with no acceptions.

You just have to make it crystal clear what you want, so lawyers cannot walk in and use the Bill Clinton meaning of what is, is. In this ruling, the important word enabling them to dismantle the Fourth Ammendment was “reasonable”. That’s quite a stretch to have that as the folcrum of our protection against a police state. Reasonable to whom? Jesus Christ or Adolf Hitler?

Was the Constitution and Bill of Rights made for ease and safety of law enforcement, or for the safety and security of the people against tyrannical government and its agents?

I want law enforcement doing it's job. My proposal is that in any dynamic entry execution of a warrant or in a judges authorization of a no-knock warrant, the judge which issued the warrant must be on the scene prior to it's execution and the last to leave.

That would put an end to baseless and poorly supported warrants. The judges are too far removed from the process, and it would put an end to the middle of the night crap which endangers everyone, yet limits witnesses and media exposure until the next day's press briefing.

Local governments should run candidates on legislation requiring judges be present in those situations. It would send a powerful message about the authority of government sprouting from the consent of the governed. With that in mind it's pretty easy to nip it in the bud.