Supreme Court piano
I love the humor found in the U.S. Supreme Court justices. They ruled today that police with a warrant did not need to wait more than 20 seconds before breaking down the door of a man believed to have drugs. (Yes, this was another 9th Circuit case that was reversed.) The Supreme Court reasoned that if a suspect had more than 20 seconds, he might flush drugs down the toilet.The funny part is when Justice David Souter points out in his ruling that not all evidence could be flushed down the toilet: "Police seeking a stolen piano may be able to spend more time to make sure they really need the battering ram."
Posted by Layla at 9:20 AM, December 02, 2003
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