from Horse with no Name" in response to the news that the supreme court has ruled that dog nsniffers are ok even when the stop is not warranted. (story below)

Small question.
Do you carry money in your wallet?
Are you aware of money's 'other' uses...ie being rolled up to snort cocaine, etc?
Do you feel that there aren't traces of that on your hands or clothes when you handle money?
Do you go to the grocery store?
Do you carry grocery bags in your car to get them home?
How do you know that the kid carrying out your groceries isn't a meth cook and have residual all over his hands when he handles your stuff?
If you have children--are you 100% certain they or their friends aren't doing drugs and didn't leave something behind in your car?
Do you lock your car door every single time you get out? Can you be certain that someone didn't slip something under your seat for a joke?
This gives 'probable cause' and could ultimately put you on some type of government watch list if these things are detected in your car and it is not far fetched to think that they might.
There are people in our prison system who are innocent--not just the ones trying to beat raps--but completely innocent and just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Can you be 100% certain that someone matching your description wasn't being targeted as a drug lord--then they pull you over and find traces of drugs?
Personally--I would rather it never be allowed to get that far.
Random drug searches using dogs should not be allowed to happen and yes they can infringe on our constitutional rights."

the story he was commenting on came from Newsday

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court gave police broader search powers Monday during traffic stops, ruling that drug-sniffing dogs can be used to check out motorists even if officers have no reason to suspect they may be carrying narcotics.

In a 6-2 decision, the court sided with Illinois police who stopped Roy Caballes in 1998 along Interstate 80 for driving 6 miles over the speed limit. Although Caballes lawfully produced his driver's license, troopers brought over a drug dog after Caballes seemed nervous.

this is george w. bush's idea of 'spreading freedom' and ending 'tyranny' and all that snakeoil talk.