Where do you guys get this crap from? The majority decision clearly states that the Lawrence case was NOT a fourth amendment case because due process was followed.
How's Mork these days?
The majority decision clearly states that the Lawrence case was NOT a fourth amendment case because due process was followed.
That's exactly the point. Indeterminate noises coming from inside a house is not enough to justify entrance into a private residence, especially considering that the tip was nothing more than a phone call from a nosy neighbor, without any sworn statement or inside knowledge. From what I read, the noises that the police heard could easily have been the grunts and thumps of a couple of people trying to move a heavy piece of furniture through a narrow passage or up stairs. Before the police can enter a private residence, without a warrant, they must have convincing reason to believe that a delay might be life threatening or allow evidence to be destroyed. The police had no such convincing evidence - only indeterminate noises and a phone call.
The real problem is that the liberals on the Court, along with a couple of "so-called" moderates, chose to ignore the 4th Amendment guarantees and used, instead, "world opinion", in deciding the case. In other words, those justices subordinated the Constitution to "world opinion".
That's why, impeachment proceedings should be started. It would seem that Breyer would be the logical target of those proceedings, since his statements to the media, clearly disqualify him as a Supreme Court Justice. Even if those proceedings go nowhere, it will send a clear message to the liberals on the Court, that they are still accountable to the people.