Saturday, August 12, 2006

Second Circuit Short-Circuits Fourth Amendment

Random bag searches by New York police at subway stations are constitutional and an effective means of combating terrorism, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday.
And if it turns out "terrorists" are avoiding detection and smuggling vials of liquid explosives by inserting them into body cavities, I won't be surprised if random sigmoidoscopy is upheld as constitutional, too...

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Let me guess. "Compelling state interest", right? Gee whilikers Mr. Peepers doesn't that just sound like a three word repeal to the Constitution of the United States of America?