GungnirSniper writes "By a six to three vote, the US Supreme Court has ruled police may enter a home if one occupant allows it even after another previously did not consent.
In the decision on Tuesday in Fernandez v. California, the Court determined since the suspect, Walter Fernandez, was removed from the home and arrested, his live-in girlfriend's consent to search was enough. The Court had addressed a similar case in 2006 in Georgia v. Randolph, but found that since the suspect was still in the home and against the search, it should have kept authorities from entering.
RT.com notes "Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg joined in the minority by Justices Kagan and Sotomayor, marking a gender divide among the Justices in the case wrote the dissenting opinion, calling the decision a blow to the Fourth Amendment, which prohibits 'unreasonable searches and seizures.'"
Could this lead to police arresting people objecting to searches to remove the need for warrants?"
(Score: 3, Informative) by rts008 on Friday February 28 2014, @09:44PM
While I agree with you in principal, that is not what happened here.
There was no child abuse, and the cops were not called. They just showed up looking for suspects in a stabbing and robbery.
FTA:
That's a little bit of a different situation, IMO.
This case is exactly why we have trials and make attempts to make judicial systems fair, instead of just having laws and executioners.
Sometimes things are not binary/black or white...there are a lot of grey areas in there you have to address.
After hitting preview, I have to ask: "Where is proper unicode support, already?" WTF??!!?? Come on...