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Originally posted by AzRaeL StoRmBlaDe:
thats a complete perversion of the bill of rights, which was set up i remind everyone by our founding fathers, who knew how valueable these rights were and knew that they needed to be protected at all costs, because one could not live in a free society if they were not guaranteed these unalienable rights. .
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Hey AzRaeL, you simply do not understand the rights you're asserting. The 4th Amendment protection in the constitution is from *UNREASONABLE* search and seizure, and was debated in the Federalist Papers when the Constitution was being drafted, as well as later when the Bill of Rights (being the first 10 amendments to the Constitution) was being put together. There are legal tests as to what constitutes "reasonable suspicion" and "probable cause" to search you in different situations - and the law differentiates between the cops' ability to search you when they fear you have a weapon as opposed to when they simply think illicit activity is afoot.
As far as privacy, that is a separate and distinct right (more or less) from the one mentioned above, and does not apply in the case where you're in your car. The "Right to Privacy" is not stated *anywhere* in the constitution or bill of rights, but is a right that has been *found* in the constitution by the Supreme Court, which says it is part of the "penumbra" of rights that "emanates" from a larger group of amendments - sort of an underlying theme that the Court found in several amendments, including the 4th Amendment. However, the Supreme Court has said there is *NO* reasonable expectation of privacy when you are in your car, which is reasonable since you're in full public view of anyone who wants to look through the window. That's why I leave my crack, heroine, and alcohol still at home. [img]tongue.gif[/img]