[HamiltonJay]

Court made the right call.... sorry guys. You get pulled over for speeding and someone smells wrotting flesh from your trunk, better believe it not a violation to notice.

Suspects do not "own the air" and have no expectation of privacy to it. Dog sniffs around a vehicle.. and detects drugs... not illegal or a 4th ammendment violation.

[NJ_gent]

"someone smells wrotting flesh from your trunk"

A strong and identifiable odor coming from the vehicle is a far cry from being in equipment, biological or otherwise, to scan the vehicle. What's next? A portable self-inflating x-ray machine you have to drive your car through whenever you're pulled over at a traffic stop to make sure there are no guns in the car? Perhaps some heavy duty infrared scanning gear to search the car without laying a hand on it?

Either the officers are restricted to 'plain view' for their safety or they're allowed to scan the car using things which detect things humans cannot detect in order to find reasons to lock you up. There ain't no third direction.

[FreeReign]

Suspects do not "own the air" and have no expectation of privacy to it. Dog sniffs around a vehicle.. and detects drugs... not illegal or a 4th ammendment violation.

You mean there isn't an unalienable right on public property to being smelly and not being smelled?

But the AP told me there was such. They told me it was new powers and they told me these new powers were broad. It all gotsta be true...

AP | Excerpt :The Supreme Court gave police broader search powers...

AP = BS!