Saturday, February 05, 2005

I find this deeply depressing

According to a Washington Post article from last month the Supreme Court has ruled it is fine for drug sniffing dogs to search cars at routing traffic stops as long as they don't take too long, whatever that means. The Justices say it is not a fourth amendment violation.

I don't understand that at all. Where is probable cause? As far as the not taking too long thing goes I guess if you are getting a year in jail in Georgia for possession of less than an ounce that traffic stop is going to take far too long. And as a friend of mine pointed out with the difference in possession of under an ounce and more than an ounce being so vast they better have damn good scales down there in Georgia. What if you were a gram off either way?

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