new law in Louisiana - cops can come in house without search warrent

http://www.theneworleanschannel.com/news/2953483/detail.html

Court Opens Door To Searches Without Warrants

It's a groundbreaking court decision that legal experts say will affect everyone: Police officers in Louisiana no longer need a search or arrest warrant to conduct a brief search of your home or business.

Leaders in law enforcement say it will provide safety to officers, but others argue it's a privilege that could be abused.

The decision was made by the New Orleans-based 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. Two dissenting judges called it the "road to Hell."

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New Orleans Police Department spokesman Capt. Marlon Defillo said the new power will go into effect immediately and won't be abused.
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Toto we are not in america anymore

I thought activist judges were bad, or is that only when they try to give the homer-sexuals equal rights?

that someone is challenging this law? "Road to Hell" indeed. What kind of safety does it provide to officers? I don't understand the logic.

Just trust us - it won't be abused.

chilling... America has finally jumped the shark. The Police State is here in 2004.

We have had "No Knock Policy" for quite some time. It was considered constitutional by the extreme court :shrug: but what you are describing if like you post is blatantly unconstitutional.

controller. And as soon as it becomes apparent that, disproportinately, the deceased are people of darker persuasion, this law will be one more which will be viewed as unconstitutional.

I cannot find it but I believe it had some more links.

Anybody with a search function care to find it?

I think it was in the GD forum

King, Carolyn Dineen: Nominated by Jimmy Carter on April 30, 1979
Garza, Reynaldo Guerra: Nominated by Jimmy Carter on April 30, 1979
Reavley, Thomas Morrow: Nominated by Jimmy Carter on May 17, 1979
Garwood, William Lockhart: Nominated by Ronald Reagan on September 17, 1981
Jolly, E. Grady: Nominated by Ronald Reagan on July 1, 1982
Higginbotham, Patrick Errol: Nominated by Ronald Reagan on July 1, 1982
Davis, W. Eugene: Nominated by Ronald Reagan on November 1, 1983
Jones, Edith Hollan: Nominated by Ronald Reagan on February 27, 1985
Smith, Jerry Edwin: Nominated by Ronald Reagan on June 2, 1987
Duhe, John Malcolm Jr.: Nominated by Ronald Reagan on June 27, 1988
Wiener, Jacques Loeb Jr.: Nominated by George H.W. Bush on November 17, 1989
Barksdale, Rhesa Hawkins: Nominated by George H.W. Bush on November 17, 1989
Garza, Emilio M.: Nominated by George H.W. Bush on April 11, 1991
DeMoss, Harold R. Jr.: Nominated by George H.W. Bush on June 27, 1991
Benavides, Fortunato Pedro: Nominated by William J. Clinton on January 27, 1994
Stewart, Carl E.: Nominated by William J. Clinton on January 27, 1994
Dennis, James L.: Nominated by William J. Clinton on January 31, 1995
Clement, Edith Brown: Nominated by George W. Bush on September 4, 2001
Prado, Edward Charles: Nominated by George W. Bush on February 6, 2003
Pickering, Charles: Appointed by George W. Bush on January 16, 2004
http://www.lb5.uscourts.gov/judgebio/judgebio.htm
http://www.thedmonline.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/01/21/400e4c09b3a7c

Note, Judge Pickering was not a member of the court when this case was submitted to the court en banc and did not participate in the decision.
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/circs/5th/0230629cv0p.pdf

Court Opens Door To Searches Without Warrants (Louisiana)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x449169

as opposed to common law?

I would have thought this would be unconstitutional normally?

:shrug:

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses,
papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures,
shall not be violated....

This probably violates that Amendment.

In other words, there are a lot of jack-booted Nazi's that want
the USA to be a police state.

Yuck.

Unfortunately for us, a lot of these folks are not reasonable.