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> It occurs to me that America has, in every state, a state-run "highway patrol" that searches for terrorists and drug trafficking and the like. The state-run
by ctrl-j 9y ago
> It occurs to me that America has, in every state, a state-run "highway patrol" that searches for terrorists and drug trafficking and the like.
The state-run highway patrol is still subject to the 4th amendment (search and seizure.)
If you get pulled over by a LEO - they need consent, probable cause, or a warrant in order to rifle through your belongings.
- cryoshon 9y ago> they need consent, probable cause, or a warrant in order to rifle through your belongings. which they can invent with no problem if they feel like it. nobody who declines to a search gets away with it; they just call a drug dog to alert and then they can search anyway.
- pdkl95 9y agoNot consenting to a search isn't really about preventing the search. The police are, by definition, they application of force; if they want to search you, they will. However, not consenting forces them to make up some sort of justification for their actions and gives your lawyer a much better chance of getting the fruits of the search thrown out.