Source: Washington Post
"Court Won't Review San Diego Home Hunts"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/26/AR2007112600765.html
Earlier this week the Supreme Court allowed California to uphold a court decision to let law enforcement officials to bombard into people's homes without a search warrant. They reportedly can do anything that they can do with a search warrant. This is targetted largely at low income/welfare families that are surprised by unannounced visits by officials as a part of the welfare program to prevent fraud.
So, the Fourth Amendment requires a search warrant and some sort of suspicion of breaking the law. So why did the Supreme Court not look at this and try to end the program?
I think that it is ridiculous that the Supreme Court would let this happen. This not only effects the people on welfare but it leaves a reason for law enforcement to do it in many other houses of people that may not even fall under this category. What is next? We already have people listening to phone conversations and now we are moving towards more breaches in our Fourth Amendment rights. Hopefully, people will realize what wrong doing this is and speak out.
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My colleagues article discussed the issue o the Supreme Court allowing California to uphold a court decision to let law enforcement officials go into people's homes without a search warrant. I agree with my classmate, i think it is ridiculous that the Supreme Court would let police man just go into poples homes without a warrant. I think this totally violates their privacy right in their home. This should be totally against the law, because we have the righ to privacy just like it says on the fourth amendment.
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