'Knock & announce': Scalia fumbles (Scaife's Rag Blasts Scalia)

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/archive/s_458814.html

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has written a 5-4 decision that does grave injury to the age-old principle that one's residence is a hallowed refuge against the king.

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Scalia writes that a civil-rights lawsuit against the police is the better remedy. Police are better trained and disciplined these days, he contends, so the exclusionary rule is not necessary to deter them in this kind of case.

He and we depart. Scalia takes the erosion of the sanctity of the home too lightly.

If, as Scalia says, the police are well-trained, there will be few occasions when they misbehave and evidence must be excluded. Thus, the social costs will be limited.

We expect the police -- of all people -- to obey the law. And we don't expect the court to concoct excuses when officers subvert a fundamental right.

[The Backlash Cometh]

1. Gee, where was Scalia when we were storming Waco?

Remarkable how everything has flip-flopped with the Bush Administration.

Eavesdropping on innocent Americans is acceptable; torturing prisoners of war, okay too. Republicans really love big government.

[teryang]

2. A civil rights law suit?

This is pathetic.