> Why do you need to search my car for illegal drugs if you can't already prove that I have them? Why do you need insight into my finances if you can't already

> Why do you need to search my car for illegal drugs if you can't already prove that I have them? Why do you need insight into my finances if you can't already prove that I am evading taxes? The law already imposes those requirements, in theory. A warrant should only be issued, according to the US Constitution, if evidence is presented to a judge that it's more likely than not the search authorized by the warrant will find evidence of a crime. That usually means a non-consensual search is only allowed when there's already significant evidence of guilt. If that sounds like a fairly high standard, you're right. It was intended to be. If it sounds like a higher standard than is often used in practice... well, you may be right about that too.