Your Affiant Took a Picture of the Following Doormat . . .
Via Mike Lief (via commenter Anwyn) comes this link to the “Come back with a warrant” doormat.
Available at Target, of all places.
I’m pretty sure that these doormats provide independent probable cause for entry into the residence.
P.S. If you choose to purchase the doormat, make sure you are abreast of the most recent Supreme Court case law. As of today, police officers who take up your doormat’s suggestion may not be doing too much knocking and announcing when they return with that warrant. They’re still supposed to — but if they don’t, the evidence they seize won’t be suppressed at your trial. So you might want to go ahead and dispose of your contraband now.
Glad I’m bowing down to the all powerful state.
Deacon Bleau (dedd98) — 6/15/2006 @ 8:16 pmThis ruling makes a mockery of so-called “Originalism.” Originalism only comes into play when it works to the advantage of conservatives. It’s OK for conservative to make new laws willy-nilly, but nooooo, not liberals. I get it now –finally. http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2006_06/009019.php
So when a hoard of cops come busting through your door unannounced and you happen to be doing anything personal – say, making love to your spouse – too bad. Deal with it because Big Daddy Government is watching out for you. (I feel safer, do you feel safer? /sarcasm.)
Psyberian (dd13d6) — 6/16/2006 @ 5:55 am“i’m pretty sure that these doormats provide independent probable cause for entry into the residence.”
only a fascist would take a citizen’s assertion of his constitutional rights as probable cause that the citizen was a criminal.
[It was a joke. — P]
assistant devil's advocate (24154e) — 6/16/2006 @ 7:52 amHow does the ruling make a mockery of “originalism”? Sure the concept that police must knock at the door and announce their presence is a very old one, but the Exclusionary Rule certainly isn’t. The concept that the remedy for violations of the Fourth Amendment is to set criminals free was first announced by the Supreme Court in 1914 (or thereabouts) and wasn’t applied to the states until the 1960’s.
PS I sooo need to get one of these doormats. Classic
CStudent (590890) — 6/16/2006 @ 8:26 amTarget? They offer those doormats at Target?
Damn, I had to go all the way to Fredericksburg, VA to get mine at a quaint little tourist-trap store in the historical section of the town.
No joke, I have one of those doormats. It gets a lot of chuckles, especially from my cop friends.
Darkmage (c20107) — 6/16/2006 @ 10:33 am