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even greater 4th Amendment nullification
Supreme Court: Supreme Court gives police a new entryway into homes - latimes.com
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The Supreme Court on Monday gave police more leeway to break into residences in search of illegal drugs.
The justices in an 8-1 decision said officers who loudly knock on a door and then hear sounds suggesting evidence is being destroyed may break down the door and enter without a search warrant.
Residents who "attempt to destroy evidence have only themselves to blame" when police burst in, said Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.
"When law enforcement officers who are not armed with a warrant knock on a door, they do no more than any private citizen may do," he wrote. A resident need not respond, he added. But the sounds of people moving and perhaps toilets being flushed could justify police entering without a warrant, he added.
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so now, with indiana negating your right to protect your home from unlawful invasion by law enforcement and this case now giving law enforcement all kinds of green lights by 'hearing sounds' (how does one defend against supposed sounds?) allowing home invasion, should we just go ahead and scrap the constitution as it stands?
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Last edited by dksuddeth; 05-16-2011 at 04:06 PM..
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