More along the lines of: A domestic violence call brings the cops and one person says that the perpetrator has something illegal in the hose and proof of it will help the case. That person asks the cops to do a search or just OKs the search. The perpetrator doesn't want to be found out and says no to a search.
There are some permutations that would make sense and it is being put out there as something it is not. If I'm beating my wife and I have a violent felony and a history of drug abuse, I don't want my house searched but my wife might see it differently because weapons or drugs I have might serve to help her get me taken out of the house. Still room for abuse, but not the blank check that some are calling it.
It all depends on how it’s written. If it says an absent owner is justification for a search, then that’s a lot different than saying an owner arrested or fled for a crime is justification for a search.