Finally, a ruling that will possibly put a damper on the violations of our rights perpetuated not only by the "war on drugs" but the "war on fill-in-the-blank".
The use of drugs dogs during a traffic stop to initiate probable cause and therefore a "lawful" search and seizure - in the minds of the police, not that the law matters anyhow but for the sake of paperwork - has got to be one of the most egregious of law enforcement tactics.
Thankfully, in a 6-3 ruling, the SC has decided that cops can't hold you for even ten minutes while they wait on drug dogs to show. You can read the rest of the article here:
http://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/239513-court-rules-cops-cant-hold-suspects-to-wait-for-dog
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