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Exclusionary Rule Gutted By Supreme Court
The ruling today basically makes it so the cops don’t have to knock and announce anymore when they have a warrant.
What’s that about activist judges again?
11 Responses to “Exclusionary Rule Gutted By Supreme Court”
Settle down, the world will not end.
Most agencies will still insist on knock and announce simply for the safety of the officer. I know I will be yelling “police” at the top of my lungs like always – it is bad enough to get shot at by the bad guys, much less a half-asleep good guy.
Before this all you legally had to do was knock and wait a few seconds to enter anyway. It is not like the homeowner had to come to the door and open it for you.
But even if they don’t, they still have to have a legal search warrant to enter the premises, knock or not. Your civil liberties are intact, breath deeply.
That’s for now, David. I wouldn’t bet on how far this court might take it.
Here it comes. The police State. Miranda laws are next, then the 5th amendment, then forced pledge of allegiance, then mocking and taunting of minorities, fat people, or whomever is different from the majority……then……then….the ovens.
The most activist judge by legal standards (overruling congress) was Rheinquist, then Scalia, Kennedy, and Thomas in that order.
It isn’t activism by the judges that’s frowned on, just what direction they are activist in apparently.
I don’t think this ruling has a huge impact, especially in light of Kennedy’s separate opinion. Still, it seems, at least to me, that rulings and laws that expand civil liberties are fairly rare, while those that limit them are fairly common.
Pyst
Yes, the Republicans have been screaming “judicial activism for decades. Even though liberal judges use activism to create more Liberty and Conservative judges reduce Liberty.
Yes Sal, but remember emminent domain, the liberal members of the SC definately dropped the ball BIG TIME on that one.
I don’t live in South Carolina. So South Carolina cannot limit my Liberty. We are talking about the United States Constitution and the Unitad states Supreme Court….Which is dominated by conservatives wanting to restrict MY liberty.
This is absolutely a restriction on liberty, and it’s unfortunate. And yes, you have to ask, “What’s next?” I shudder to think.
When it’s president Hillary getting all of that power, the conservatives will cringe. So will I!
SC=supreme court Sal LOL.