Re: We Don't Need No Steenkin Fourth amendment: Maryland v. King
Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 10:20 am
Mushy logic strikes again. 
Pointedstick wrote: "Well, the plaintiff has rights, but also has responsibilities as a citizen... so we need to balance them because one person's right is another person's restriction... the plaintiff's right to X, Y, or Z be free from unreasonable searches and seizures must be weighed against society's need for order and other people's right to feel safe and secure... therefore I thought very hard about it and decided that the plaintiff's right to X, Y, or Z be free from unreasonable searches and seizures is outweighed by society's need for the plaintiff not to X, Y, or Z be free from unreasonable searches and seizures because then they would feel uneasy law enforcement and criminal justice initiatives would be irreparably harmed, and the wants of the many need for the government to have unlimited powers to achieve those ends outweigh the rights of the few. Case closed."