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Forget terrorism, strip searches for failure to signal?
KGillen:
While I do understand the need for secured locations as well as the protection of our LEOs etc, the constitution is pretty explict on the matter;
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or aff rmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
A strip search on a traffic stop seems unreasonable to me.
DaveB:
A strip search on a traffic stop is nothing more than the law enforcement scaring and intimidating the citizens! If it happens, there better be a darn good reason for it since I highly doubt that someone is going to pull a gun out of their behind and shoot the cop issuing the ticket. The cops that even think of such a thing should be dismissed and it should be made public that such an animal is on the loose!
sidearm1:
Every one calm down. You don't get stripped searched on a traffic stop. You only get stripped search once you are arrested and placed into a jail. The arrest must be for a jailable offense, higher class misdemeaner or any felony. If there is an arrest warrant out for someone, then they go to jail. Nothing in the supreme court decision said anything about a traffic stop, once again you have to be arrested for a jailable offense.
Deep breath, calm down. As far as stating the constitution, I think the U.S. Supreme Court has the final say on the constitutionallity of a law or process.
KGillen:
--- Quote from: sidearm1 on April 07, 2012, 02:21:08 PM ---Every one calm down. You don't get stripped searched on a traffic stop. You only get stripped search once you are arrested and placed into a jail. The arrest must be for a jailable offense, higher class misdemeaner or any felony. If there is an arrest warrant out for someone, then they go to jail. Nothing in the supreme court decision said anything about a traffic stop, once again you have to be arrested for a jailable offense.
Deep breath, calm down. As far as stating the constitution, I think the U.S. Supreme Court has the final say on the constitutionallity of a law or process.
--- End quote ---
I don't believe anyone is too out of sorts yet...but did you read the entire article? As for SCOTUS...activist judges have whittled down my respect for that particular courts rulings on MANY occasions.
DanClrk51:
--- Quote from: sidearm1 on April 07, 2012, 02:21:08 PM ---Every one calm down. You don't get stripped searched on a traffic stop. You only get stripped search once you are arrested and placed into a jail. The arrest must be for a jailable offense, higher class misdemeaner or any felony. If there is an arrest warrant out for someone, then they go to jail. Nothing in the supreme court decision said anything about a traffic stop, once again you have to be arrested for a jailable offense.
Deep breath, calm down. As far as stating the constitution, I think the U.S. Supreme Court has the final say on the constitutionallity of a law or process.
--- End quote ---
If you had read the whole article you would have seen that it is not necessary to do a strip search. They had plenty of other technologies at their disposal to see if he/she is carrying a weapon or not. This ruling is another blow to American freedom and its a shame that it came from the conservative majority. This is another one of their oddball rulings I do not agree with. And yes, it seems that they have now legalized strip searches for minor traffic violations.
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