SCOTUS to decide on entering without warrants

[Rookie]

Basically, the police chased after a bad guy, lost sight of him, kicked down the WRONG DOOR and sent the person to jail...

Justices consider when police may enter without warrant

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Mistaken hot pursuit.

 

[jeremy]

I wonder if this will leach over to No-Knocks...

 

[nawainwright]

Some of the Justice's "opinions" concern me. (maybe I should put Justice's in quotation marks, as it seems some are political hacks)

Here's the rub, they illegally searched an apartment that did not contain the perp they were after. There are a number of FAILS in this story. The people get hurt the most...the rest of the citizenry.

 

[Expat]

Some of you get way too uptight about this stuff. So what if they kick in your door without a warrant? If you don't have anything to hide, you should welcome them into your home. Hopefully SCOTUS will get us past all these quaint notions of the Constitution and nonsense like that.

 

[jbombelli]

Some of you get way too uptight about this stuff. So what if they kick in your door without a warrant? If you don't have anything to hide, you should welcome them into your home. Hopefully SCOTUS will get us past all these quaint notions of the Constitution and nonsense like that.

edited because upon reflection I'm pretty sure that was sarcasm, but you never know with some of the people around here these days.

 

[abnk]

Some of you get way too uptight about this stuff. So what if they kick in your door without a warrant? If you don't have anything to hide, you should welcome them into your home. Hopefully SCOTUS will get us past all these quaint notions of the Constitution and nonsense like that.

Oh, no. You're gonna catch hell for not using purple as many do not possess the mental aptitude to perceive sarcasm.

On a seroius note, I'm surprised at Scalia's response.

 

[jeremy]

Huh...

Sarcasm?! What a novel concept...

 

[MACHINEGUN]

So what if they kick in your door without a warrant?

You'd make a good third world dictator.. it's scary to think any red blooded American would think like you.

That's not American.. not one bit!

 

[Expat]

Huh...

Sarcasm?! What a novel concept...

I am not surprised if it is over the head of some of the members but I refuse to use purple, just due to other's stupidity.

 

[dross]

I am not surprised if it is over the head of some of the members but I refuse to use purple, just due to other's stupidity.

But how do we know you're not using double reverse sarcasm? You make a sarcastic comment that is actually a sarcastic comment on the sarcasm itself, which means that you actually DO believe that if someone has nothing to hide they shouldn't care about warrantless searches.

Chew on that one for a while.

 

[Expat]

But how do we know you're not using double reverse sarcasm? You make a sarcastic comment that is actually a sarcastic comment on the sarcasm itself, which means that you actually DO believe that if someone has nothing to hide they shouldn't care about warrantless searches.

Chew on that one for a while.

I am going to put you on double secret probation if you keep that up

 

[E5RANGER375]

this will be interesting to see the ruling. It will tell us if there is nothing left to salvage or if we still can repair what is broken. I just have a feeling that the court will say something like "if the police had a reasonable belief the suspect was in that dwelling and were in a pursuit then they were justified ....." or something stupid like that.
It still doesnt mean they wont get shot the next time they go into the wrong house.

 

[mrjarrell]

It certainly looks likely that they'll rule that cops can kick in your doors if they smell what they think is pot or have some reason to believe you might destroy evidence. This is a bad way to rule and is likely to ratchet things up to an unacceptable level. There was an incident not too long ago where cops busted into a mans house thinking they smelled pot and in actuality it was a skunk. We have other instances where cops can't smell a thing. Scalia and his drug war crony's on the court are, as has often been the case with them, further degrading our rights, showing that they're just as bad as their liberal counterparts, only in a different way. They love their enforcers and hate the people. Scalia's shown this many times. He needs to go.

A different article on the subject.
Police can kick down doors in drug searches, some justices say - latimes.com

 

[mrjarrell]

On a seroius note, I'm surprised at Scalia's response.

If this surprises you, then you haven't paid attention to many of his previous rulings. He always defers to cops and grants them leeways that no sane Constitutional scholar would. Scalia's a big government tool.
Scalia’s New Police Professionalism | Cato @ Liberty

 

[abnk]

If this surprises you, then you haven't paid attention to many of his previous rulings. He always defers to cops and grants them leeways that no sane Constitutional scholar would. Scalia's a big government tool.
Scalia’s New Police Professionalism | Cato @ Liberty

Actually, the only full opinion I have read from Scalia was Heller, but I have read and seen many interviews with him and he always appears very libertarian-minded.

 

[Keyser Soze]

exigent circumstances IMO bad judgment. Obviously the persons identity was known. The charge is a crime against the state not person. No reason to even chase the dude.....arrest warrant.

 

[sparky241]

Some of you get way too uptight about this stuff. So what if they kick in your door without a warrant? If you don't have anything to hide, you should welcome them into your home. Hopefully SCOTUS will get us past all these quaint notions of the Constitution and nonsense like that.

i have nothing to hide and i wont welcome them into my house. i have a 4th amendment right and plan on retaining it. they have absolutely no right to be in my house. you want in here get a warrant

 

[mrjarrell]

i have nothing to hide and i wont welcome them into my house. i have a 4th amendment right and plan on retaining it. they have absolutely no right to be in my house. you want in here get a warrant

When they kick in the door they will have their guns drawn and your protestations will fall on deaf ears. What we want is irrelevant. Rights are irrelevant.

 

[sparky241]

When they kick in the door they will have their guns drawn and your protestations will fall on deaf ears. What we want is irrelevant. Rights are irrelevant.

as much as i hate to admit it, this is sadly true. still leaves the courts, well maybe.