Guess who:
Y'all arent big believers in the social contract, are ya?
Nope. Never signed the thing. My lawyer advised against it.
So now you want the BOR to be liberally interpreted, oh, except for the 2nd amendment.
Nope. I'd prefer literally. As in, "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue,
but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized." Merely driving is not PC to think I'm breaking the law.
Empirical evidence would seem to indicate that the checkpoints are a more reliable producer of DUI arrests that random patrol.
I don't doubt it. But arrests don't count.
Convictions count. And not just any conviction--only legitimate convictions, free of coerced confessions, bogus "evidence," and "he had a coffee can!" probable cause.
"It's called the 4th Amendment of the US Constitution. Look it up."
Not exactly. SCOTUS held in
Carroll that motor vehicles have a lessened expectation of privacy and were not held to the same standards as dwellings.
Yup. And SCOTUS held in
Dred Scott v. Sanford that blacks can be property, and in
Plessy v. Ferguson that "separate but equal" was OK. Just because the Nine Tin Jesuses* say something doesn't make it so.
And, while we're on the subject of the courts, why don't you weigh in with your name, department, and badge number? I'd love to forward a few of your posts to criminal defense attorneys in your area. If you're right, and your actions are legal, you have nothing to worry about, right?
Beren +1
Derek Zeanah +1
*Judge Lerned Hand +1 for giving us such wonderful phrases to describe the High Court (I've used a few others elsewhere)
And my Russian accent is terrible, but I can do German, both language and accent, well enough to to annoy your average cop.