Re:Justices Approve Strip-Searches for Any Offense
by sukuriant on Monday April 02, 2012 @02:36PM
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I don't really know where you're going with this..
Re:Justices Approve Strip-Searches for Any Offense
by jerrya on Monday April 02, 2012 @02:48PM
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It's a response to arguments that the government has a legitimate need to strip search everyone, regardless of what the charges are against them.
The notion some guy pulled over for failure to pay a speeding ticket, or arrested for failure to pay child support, or arrested for having a dog off leash (really?) has paraphernalia shoved up his ass should seem terribly questionable. The argument the government has a need to strip search everyone, should give way to a realization that probably is not true.
As I point out, these are not my wild examples, but examples specifically mentioned by Justice Breyer in dissent.
Last week, the cops came by for failure to pay child support (I had paid, in fact it's automatically deducted but my ex was playing games again.) As I saw the black and white pull up to the curb, I quickly shoved some spoons up my ass, damn, cops found those during the strip search.
Last night, my dog and I were playing in the park when I saw some cops wander by, yep, I got nabbed for walking the dog off the leash. Luckily before going out with the dog I had shoved a cell phone up my ass, but damn, the cops found that too.
Some potential examples cited by dissenting judges in the lower courts and by Justice Breyer on Monday included violating a leash law, driving without a license and failing to pay child support.