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To: epicure who wrote (21191)	6/16/2006 9:13:18 AM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 541457

I can see both sides. But I would just point out that the Constitution doesn't give the state the right to enter your body except to imprison or draft you, where home searches with warrants are explicitly stated. If the cops were coming to your house or my house, I don't see them crashing in the door to execute a warrant, unless we refused to let them in. But if they are taking down some crazed meth dealers in a Detroit slum, the situation is different. I can see a problem if they hit the wrong house, which happened in a famous case (in Boston?), and they caused a guy to have a heart attack. In the long run I don't think this ruling will make much difference for law-abiding citizens. If I find anecdotes to the contrary I will post them here and eat some crow.