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Re:Cops to grab unlocked stuff from cars in East Rock area, ... by ledude on Wednesday November 04, 2015 @03:25PM (#10509400)
the 4th amendment has been incorporated to the states. states can't legislate/constitutionalize less protections than what federal law provides.. you know... because the supremacy clause

this should be killed by a federal court very fast

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incorporation_of_the_Bill_of_R... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supremacy_Clause

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Re:Cops to grab unlocked stuff from cars in East Rock area, ... by voxic11 on Wednesday November 04, 2015 @04:21PM (#10509871)
Actually the justification for incorporating the bill of rights (well some of it) comes from the 14th amendment, not the supremacy clause.
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Re:Cops to grab unlocked stuff from cars in East Rock area, ... by dragonwriter on Wednesday November 04, 2015 @04:37PM (#10509965)
The supremacy clause is, however, the basis for why state statute can't brush aside the protections in the federal constitution, including those incorporated against the states by the Fourteenth Amendemnt.
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