Supreme Court limits police ability to conduct warrantless searches


justice court judge worthy ministries 2

(Worthy News) – The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that police cannot “categorically” justify a warrantless entry into a misdemeanor suspect’s home.

In a mostly unanimous decision, the court found that the Fourth Amendment generally protects people from impromptu police searches. The case is one of several Fourth Amendment disputes the high court has heard in the past year. Justice Elena Kagan wrote the court’s majority opinion. A number of justices also filed concurrences.

The case came out of a traffic stop in California. A patrolman spotted the suspect, Arthur Lange, playing loud music and honking his horn while driving on the highway. He believed Lange was drunk and followed him home. At Lange’s house, the patrolman entered Lange’s garage and charged him with drunk driving after smelling alcohol on his breath. [ Source: Washington Examiner (Read More…) ]

We're being CENSORED ... HELP get the WORD OUT! SHARE!!!
Fair Use Notice:This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.

Worthy Christian News