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-Caveat Lector- Begin forwarded message: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: June 21, 2006 7:36:27 PM PDT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Supreme Court's No "Knock-Knock" Joke     'Knock & announce': Scalia fumbles [Newspaper owned by GOP "Daddy Warbucks" Richard Mellon-Scaife] Wednesday, June 21, 2006 http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/archive/s_458814.html  U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has written a 5-4 decision that does grave injury to the age-old principle that one's residence is a hallowed refuge against the king. With a warrant, police found drugs and a firearm in a home. Without dispute, police violated the common law "knock and announce" rule that ordinarily requires a decent interval after officers announce their presence before they may enter. This is part of what defines a "reasonable" search under the Fourth Amendment. The defendant invoked the "exclusionary rule," which deters police misconduct by excluding from evidence items seized in an illegal search. Mr. Justice Scalia said the evidence stays: The violation was minimal when set up against freeing a criminal. Scalia writes that a civil-rights lawsuit against the police is the better remedy. Police are better trained and disciplined these days, he contends, so the exclusionary rule is not necessary to deter them in this kind of case. He and we depart. Scalia takes the erosion of the sanctity of the home too lightly. If, as Scalia says, the police are well-trained, there will be few occasions when they misbehave and evidence must be excluded. Thus, the social costs will be limited. We expect the police -- of all people -- to obey the law. And we don't expect the court to concoct excuses when officers subvert a fundamental right. = www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ <A HREF="">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om