[13371] in Cypherpunks
Re: some animals are more equal than others
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ed Carp)
Sat May 7 18:13:17 1994
Date: Sat, 7 May 1994 15:08:02 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ed Carp <ecarp@netcom.com>
To: Chris Johnson <cmj@acsu.buffalo.edu>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <199405071731.NAA26403@autarch.acsu.buffalo.edu>
On Sat, 7 May 1994, Chris Johnson wrote:
> Whether the cops like it or not (they don't) they have to have
> probable cause to pull you over in the first place. Then they have to
> have a reason to search you. Since your car is considered (legally at
> least) an extension of you they don't need a warrant to search your
> car, but they do need probable cause.
And if they can seize it warrantlessly, they can search it
warrantlessly. Of course, there *is* the so-called Suitcase Exception. :)
