Happy 231st Birthday, America!

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On this 231st birthday of the United States of America, I have to ask a question. What's the big deal about the following Supreme Court ruling?
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/06/16/MNGKKJFD5U1.DTL

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This is a further erosion of the Fourth Amendment. I hadn't heard of this yet, and I'm a little surprised.

The article amuses me.

In a 5-4 ruling, with new Justice Samuel Alito casting a crucial vote, the court said police intrusions on residential privacy are adequately restrained by several factors -- including "the increasing professionalism of police forces" -- without suppressing evidence that is obtained with a search warrant.

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HAHAHA

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I was gonna say, do you mean aside from the fact that it erodes away yet again at our Constitutional rights?

Ben Franklin oh so famously said that those who would give up a bit of liberty for a bit of security deserve neither, and he was right.