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To: old curmudgeon
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure 41 specifically says At the request of a federal law enforcement officer or an attorney for the government:

(1) a magistrate judge with authority in the district—or if none is reasonably available, a judge of a state court of record in the district—has authority to issue a warrant to search for and seize a person or property located within the district;

62 posted on 08/26/2022 3:49:39 PM PDT by jpp113
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To: jpp113

I am not a lawyer but I have had quite a bit of experience with lawyers and I am well aware that on any subject you can find thousands of lawyers who will take one side and thousands again who will take the opposite side.

So what is you interpretation of this?

https://thefederalist.com/2022/08/26/can-magistrate-judges-constitutionally-issue-search-warrants-against-trump-or-anyone-else/

Oh yes, the supreme court has ruled in very specific language that the Constitution can not be changed by any means other than changing the Constitution itself and that only by the methods outlined in the Constitution. Congress can not, presidents can not.

And a magistrate judge is not a judge by the standards set forth in the Constituion. A magistrate judge is really no more than a magistrate with a fancy title.


82 posted on 08/26/2022 4:53:45 PM PDT by old curmudgeon (There is no situation so bad that the federal government can not make worse.)
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