Out of My Mind

Checks and balances weaken a little bit more....

And then there's this as well, the same fascist that illegally put the current administrtion in power chips away at freedom and democracy and the rule of law again (from the good ol' New York Times):

June 16, 2006
Court Limits Protection Against Improper Entry
By LINDA GREENHOUSE

WASHINGTON, June 15 — Evidence found by police officers who enter a home to execute a search warrant without first following the requirement to "knock and announce" can be used at trial despite that constitutional violation, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday.

The 5-to-4 decision left uncertain the value of the "knock-and-announce" rule, which dates to 13th-century England as protection against illegal entry by the police into private homes.

Justice Antonin Scalia, in the majority opinion, said that people subject to an improper police entry remained free to go to court and bring a civil rights suit against the police.

More here, but really, this is enough....