SCOTUS not in fact as evil as some here have suggested

In Georgia v. Randolph, the Court today decided that if two occupants
of a home disagree about submitting to a voluntary search, the police
are to interpret the disagreement as lack of consent. Students of
comparative law may be interested in the following statement from John
Paul Stevens's concurrence:

At least since 1604 it has been settled that in the absence of
exigent circumstances, a government agent has no right to enter a
"house" or "castle" unless authorized to do so by a valid
warrant. See Semayne's Case, 5 Co. Rep. 91a, 77 Eng. Rep. 194
(K.B.).

-GAWollman

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Garrett A. Wollman | As the Constitution endures, persons in every
wollman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx | generation can invoke its principles in their own
Opinions not those | search for greater freedom.
of MIT or CSAIL. | - A. Kennedy, Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U.S. 558 (2003)
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