Everyone should carry a copy of the Constitution AND commit to memory the Bill of Rights.
“Everyone should carry a copy of the Constitution AND commit to memory the Bill of Rights.”
The problem, is that the people familiar with those subjects aren’t the people who need to be - and many of the people who aren’t familiar with them will need re-education.
I’ve always wondered about the rather broad and elastic definition of “exigent circumstances”...
Fourth Amendment: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. (Emphasis added.)
First question to think about: Was the search unreasonable?
Second question to think about: If the answer to the first question was "yes", what would have been reasonable?
I highly doubt that the police who are searching your vehicle have your constitution rights in mind while conducting said search, and could probably care less. Your rights only extend as far as who is pointing the gun at whom, and police rely on fear, intimidation, and ignorance of the law of citizens to achieve compliance. In short, you have just as much to fear from the police state as you do the criminal elements in society, but at least you have the ability to dispatch criminals without too much backlash.