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By Kent Scheidegger et al.

SCOTUS takes Fourth Amendment case: Today the Supreme Court agreed to review a 4th Amendment case next term regarding warrantless searches of automobiles. The Washington Post reports that Rodney J. Gant was arrested in Tucson, Arizona about 10 feet away from his parked car and placed in the back of a police car while officers searched his car. They found cocaine and other drug paraphernalia. Last year the Arizona Supreme Court reversed Gant's conviction, holding that the search violated the 4th Amendment. The case is Arizona v. Gant, 07-542 Surveillance Law for Expanded Spy Powers. As posted in a previous news scan President Bush would like the House to act on legislation the Senate has passed and allow the government to monitor phone calls and emails by suspected terrorists...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on February 25, 2008 (boomark / email).