SCOTUS Strikes Down Biden-Backed Police Firearm Seizure Case

Trending Politics ^ | 17 may 21 | Kyle Becker

[xzins]

by about an hour ago

The Supreme Court has dealt the Biden administration a defeat on a “caretaking” case. The case tested whether or not police could enter private property without a warrant if an individual was believed to pose a threat to himself or others.

In the case Caniglia v. Strom, the Supreme Court ruled that “caretaking” did not justify entering a man’s home to remove firearms because he was believed to have expressed suicidal thoughts. The man was taken to a local mental health facility for psychiatric evaluation.

“Police entered the home under a ‘community caretaking’ exception that allows entry in cases where doing so benefits the public interest, which has traditionally applied to incidents regarding vehicles but not in homes,” Forbes reported.

[xzins]

Prayers up.

[Basket_of_Deplorables]

Good!!!! Little victories are to be lauded.

[Jeff Chandler]

Why would they trade off to make a decision unanimous? I would think a trade off would be useful in a close case.

[SunkenCiv]

https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3958215/posts?page=2219#2219

[xzins]

Because it was the only deal they could get?

[SecAmndmt]

That struck me as really unusual. They must have traded off on a different case.

Lol...good to see lots of others here are as cynical as I am.

Wanna bet they trade off on a more important 2A case coming up?

[xzins]

Wouldn’t surprise me at all.

[hoosierham]

I became a lifetime NRA member when Dukasis stated only government should have guns.
The NRA had better people in charge before LaPieere got his grubby fingers into the finances.

Going to support others ,real saddened when JFPO president passed away. Never have understood Jewish voting for socialism since socialists murdered millions.

[iceskater]

Or abortion

[SuperLuminal]

Good news!

Now waiting for financial reimbursement to all affected parties and return of all confiscated guns and equipment...

[Red Badger]

‘Mental Illness’ was the old Soviet Union excuse for arrests and other things....................

[Eleutheria5]

Pack the courts so that they’ll agree to any damned fool thing that the other two branches dream up.

[Reno89519]

That bears repeating: “The Supreme Court’s ruling was unanimous.”

Get a search warrant! Hopefully this carries over to all areas where law enforcement and the government should get a search warrant before acting.

[Sequoyah101]

You know why old men become cynical don’t you?

EXPERIENCE.

I share that inclination.

[Sequoyah101]

From sotamayor and kagan? Not a chance.

[Lurker]

“We can always hope..”

“Hold out your hands. Hope in the left one. I’ll pee in the right. Tell me which one fills up first.” Lurker’s Grandfather

L

[caww]

Yes indeed! Supremes were Unanimous!

[griswold3]

God Bless and Keep Justice Clarence Thomas.

[zeugma]

For those interested, you can find the opinion itself HERE

[unixfox]

So maybe the quaint old Bill of Rights still has some life in it after all.

It's on life support.