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To: Oberon
Because by definition, a random search is a fishing expedition.

So one would think, at least until the black robes get hold of a definition. In recent years, the supreme court has ruled that police roadblocks where they randomly check for drugs or sobriety are "legal" precisely because they are random. I can't recall the cases offhand, but I recall them saying that such searches would not have been legal if they'd searched every single car or driver.

The courts in this country live in a weird, make-believe world.

489 posted on 07/22/2005 2:12:44 PM PDT by zeugma (Democrats and muslims are varelse...)
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To: zeugma
The courts in this country live in a weird, make-believe world.

Nowadays, non-juried courts are wrong more often than they are right.

Now excuse me while I declare eminent domain on your toolshed.

495 posted on 07/22/2005 2:14:36 PM PDT by Stu Cohen (Press '1' for English)
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