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I frequently disagree with her positions, but this time she's absolutely correct to defend the Fourth Amendment.
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I have a real fundamental question, because this line drawing is only here because we've now created a Fourth Amendment entitlement to search for drugs using dogs, whenever anybody's stopped. Because that's what you're proposing. And is that really what the Fourth Amendment should permit?
...we can't keep bending the Fourth Amendment to the resources of law enforcement. Particularly when this stop is not—is not incidental to the purpose of the stop. It's purely to help the police get more criminals, yes. But then the Fourth Amendment becomes a useless piece of paper.
And think about this; if we eliminate the war on drugs, LE would have much fewer opportunities to abuse their power. A huge number of LE abuse of power is all about drugs.
The drugs issue should be a state by state issue. But that is really a different topic.
I agree with you that Sotomayor makes good points here that need to be seriously considered. I also disagree with her about seemingly almost everything, so this moment is noteworthy for me also.
While the police are not the enemy, we should not defer to them as if anything they want to do is OK.
The fourth amendment needs to be protected, and so do we - from our own government. And that is what the fourth amendment is purposed to do.
I frequently disagree with her positions, but this time she's absolutely correct to defend the Fourth Amendment.
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I have a real fundamental question, because this line drawing is only here because we've now created a Fourth Amendment entitlement to search for drugs using dogs, whenever anybody's stopped. Because that's what you're proposing. And is that really what the Fourth Amendment should permit?
...we can't keep bending the Fourth Amendment to the resources of law enforcement. Particularly when this stop is not—is not incidental to the purpose of the stop. It's purely to help the police get more criminals, yes. But then the Fourth Amendment becomes a useless piece of paper.
And think about this; if we eliminate the war on drugs, LE would have much fewer opportunities to abuse their power. A huge number of LE abuse of power is all about drugs.
" It's purely to help the police get more criminals," Isn't that what they are supposed to do?
I guess you would rather the police leave criminals alone.
If you DON'T carrry ilegal drugs the dogs will walk right on by you.
"if you can't do the time, don't commit the crime"
If you DON'T carrry ilegal drugs the dogs will walk right on by you.
They can trigger the dogs to signal. And they don't even need the dog to signal - they can just SAY that he did. The dog can't testify that he didn't, right?
" It's purely to help the police get more criminals," Isn't that what they are supposed to do?
I guess you would rather the police leave criminals alone.
If you DON'T carrry ilegal drugs the dogs will walk right on by you.
"if you can't do the time, don't commit the crime"
Remember when alcohol was illegal? How well did that turn out?
It's one thing to "get REAL criminals" those truly bad people who would do harm to others, and quite another to manufacture a class of crime for the sake of filling corporate prisons with slave labor, and used to steal property from law-abiding relatives and landlords.
By any definition, the "War On Drugs" has been, and will continue to be, an abject and total failure. Therefore, it would appear that there is no logical reason to continue it.
Return on investment? ZERO! Literally millions of dollars have been spent, and we are no better off now than we were when it all started.
Lives saved? NEGATIVE! In fact, it has COST innumerable lives!
Betterment of Society? NONE! In fact, drug related crime seems to be at an all-time high!
IMO, it is time to stop the silliness!
By any definition, the "War On Drugs" has been, and will continue to be, an abject and total failure. Therefore, it would appear that there is no logical reason to continue it.
Return on investment? ZERO! Literally millions of dollars have been spent, and we are no better off now than we were when it all started.
Lives saved? NEGATIVE! In fact, it has COST innumerable lives!
Betterment of Society? NONE! In fact, drug related crime seems to be at an all-time high!
IMO, it is time to stop the silliness!
Actually, it is estimated that more than $1Trillion has been wasted on this ridiculous war. This doesn't take into account the billions of dollars funneled to the legal system (cops, lawyers, bondsmen, bounty hunters, prisons...etc.) by the victims of this war on citizens over the decades.
This has been an atrocious method of funneling wealth away from the poor to the pockets of the people waging the war.
By any definition, the "War On Drugs" has been, and will continue to be, an abject and total failure. Therefore, it would appear that there is no logical reason to continue it.
Return on investment? ZERO! Literally millions of dollars have been spent, and we are no better off now than we were when it all started.
Lives saved? NEGATIVE! In fact, it has COST innumerable lives!
Betterment of Society? NONE! In fact, drug related crime seems to be at an all-time high!
IMO, it is time to stop the silliness!
" It's purely to help the police get more criminals," Isn't that what they are supposed to do?
Their job is to uphold the laws.....all of them. Even the ones that grant citizens the protections against illegal search and seizures.
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