The Supreme Court Has Just Given The Police Another Way To Search Your House Without A Warrant
The Supreme Court handed down a decision that effectively grants law enforcement and investigative agencies the power to search your home without a warrant.
Via Techdirt:
A few days ago, the Supreme Court handed down a decision that effectively grants law enforcement and investigative agencies the power to search your home without a warrant. Here's what led to this unfortunate bit of precedent.
At issue in Fernandez v. California was a 2009 search by the Los Angeles Police Department of the home of a robbery suspect. When the officers first arrived, suspect Walter Fernandez denied them entry, but because his girlfriend Roxanne Rojas exhibited signs of recent injury, Fernandez was arrested on separate charges of domestic violence. While Fernandez was being b...