This court ruling in Louisiana is explosive.
"Police officers in Louisiana no longer need a search or arrest warrant to conduct a brief search of your home or business...The decision was made by the New Orleans-based 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. Two dissenting judges called it the "road to Hell."
"The ruiling (sic) stems from a lawsuit filed in Denham Springs in 2000."
It takes no imagination to see that this new "tool" will be used extensively both at the local and federal levels under Ashcroft's DoJ and FBI.
Coupled with the relevant sections of the USA PATRIOT Act there will be widespread intimidation and "pre-emptive" actions by all levels of law enforcement. The utilization of "preemptively" arresting people has already occurred in such political events as the Republican National Convention 2000.
What would horrify the founders of this nation would be the cavalier attitude that BushCo, his chief law enforcement officer, John Ashcroft, and the federal judiciary on matters that concern the basic rights as understood in the Constitution and Bill of Rights. This ruling by the Court of Appeals for the 5th Circut should be headed for the United States Supreme Court because of the significance to utterly diminish the concepts of "unreasonable search and seizure" and the individual's "right to privacy".
Does anybody have more information on the original case?
"Police officers in Louisiana no longer need a search or arrest warrant to conduct a brief search of your home or business...The decision was made by the New Orleans-based 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. Two dissenting judges called it the "road to Hell."
"The ruiling (sic) stems from a lawsuit filed in Denham Springs in 2000."
It takes no imagination to see that this new "tool" will be used extensively both at the local and federal levels under Ashcroft's DoJ and FBI.
Coupled with the relevant sections of the USA PATRIOT Act there will be widespread intimidation and "pre-emptive" actions by all levels of law enforcement. The utilization of "preemptively" arresting people has already occurred in such political events as the Republican National Convention 2000.
What would horrify the founders of this nation would be the cavalier attitude that BushCo, his chief law enforcement officer, John Ashcroft, and the federal judiciary on matters that concern the basic rights as understood in the Constitution and Bill of Rights. This ruling by the Court of Appeals for the 5th Circut should be headed for the United States Supreme Court because of the significance to utterly diminish the concepts of "unreasonable search and seizure" and the individual's "right to privacy".
Does anybody have more information on the original case?
posted by Ken at 7:17 PM
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