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The US Supreme Court has heard four dog sniffing cases before – two of the previous cases involved the use of drug dogs after a traffic stop, one involved airport luggage, and the other one involved a package in transit. If they argue this case, it will be the first one that includes a dog and a private residence. Again and again, the US Supreme court has ruled that the home is entitled to greater privacy than roads or public places. The Justices ruled in 2001 that police could not use thermal imaging technology to detect marijuana grows from outside the home since the equipment could also detect lawful activity, such as intimate details about when the occupants were bathing. And it is already well established, that officers can knock on your front door, but if you refuse to open up and talk, the officers need a warrant, and to get a warrant they need evidence of a crime.
Originally posted by Gwampo
DRUGS > TERRORISTS
Originally posted by rogerstigers
What I couldn't tell is if the dog was actually on the property or on the sidewalk. If the scent had drifted to a public easment (sidewalk, street), then it is no longer private.
Originally posted by mnmcandiez
reply to post by Dimitri Dzengalshlevi
It's ironic that you can have prescription derivatives of all illegal "Street drugs"
This is ridiculous. This is unreasonable search and seizure. Why are the cops not going after violent crimes? The rapes, murders, car jacking, robberies. Not someone growing a plant.
The supreme court already decided that using thermal imaging to be illegal, how is a dog nose is any different? A house is PRIVATE. Bringing a police dog on a private house to sniff is a search. The dog is searching FOR drugs.
This is ridiculous. This is unreasonable search and seizure. Why are the cops not going after violent crimes? The rapes, murders, car jacking, robberies. Not someone growing a plant.