IP: 4th amendment - is it safe?

[David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

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Thank you for your time and attention.


Paul Sinasohn
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> Monday:  the House was debating a bill that basically guts the 
> exclusionary rule.  A Democrat, Mel Watts, introduced substitute 
> language which was, WORD-FOR-WORD, the 4th Amendment.  Bill McCollum 
> went on a tear on the House floor, denouncing this terrible bleeding-heart 
> liberal language as directly contrary to the bill's intent.  A vote 
> was taken.  The 4th Amendment was voted down by the House.
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> They later figured out what had happened.  
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> For those who don't have a reference library at hand, here's
> the 4th Amendment:  "The right of the people to be secure in their 
> person, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and 
> seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon 
> probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly 
> describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be 
> seized."
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