Brad Johnson
January 13, 2004, 03:58 PM
SCOTUS has just handed down a decision saying that random road blocks were okay when tied to "specific cases".
Justice Breyer (who wrote the majority opinion) tries to downplay the underhanded significance of this travesty by saying "... the ruling likely will not lead to widespread roadblocks in towns around the country because of limited police funding and community hostility to traffic delays."
Bullsh-t!
SCOTUS has just handed the police powers of this country carte blanche to perform random roadblocks anywhere, anytime. All they have to do is say, "Oh, were doing this as part of (insert case here)" and they can get away with it.
What a crock. First it's the Second Amendment, then the First, now the Fourth.
Click here for a link to the Fox News story. (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,108238,00.html)
Brad
Justice Breyer (who wrote the majority opinion) tries to downplay the underhanded significance of this travesty by saying "... the ruling likely will not lead to widespread roadblocks in towns around the country because of limited police funding and community hostility to traffic delays."
Bullsh-t!
SCOTUS has just handed the police powers of this country carte blanche to perform random roadblocks anywhere, anytime. All they have to do is say, "Oh, were doing this as part of (insert case here)" and they can get away with it.
What a crock. First it's the Second Amendment, then the First, now the Fourth.
Click here for a link to the Fox News story. (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,108238,00.html)
Brad