Amendment IV
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, 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.
That does not actually require that a search warrant be issued by a judge. That certainly has been the custom till now, though. And it doesn't seem like a bad idea.
Temporarily surrendering some civil liberties, such as happened during the Civil War or World War 2 is one thing. Doing so for a war that apparently has no definable end is quite another.
IMHO, Bush and Ashcroft are wrong. |
