rec.sport.football.college

"David V. Loewe, Jr" writes:
>
> I take it you [Trent] don't believe in sobriety checkpoints?

Now there's a can of worms. I sure don't believe
in them, I consider them to be a blatant violation of the
fourth amendmend, but that's a subject for another discussion.

Oh hell, I can't let it go without saying anything.
Okay, if there's been an armed robbery, that is a fait
accompli, and it is reasonable to cordon off the area
and search everyone at search points in an effort to
apprehend the perpetrator. But to say, "Gosh, there's
gotta be some drunks out there driving somewheres, hayell,
I know, let's just set up a roadblock and stop everybody
and see if anything sifts out!@!!" is a blatant violation
of the fourth amendment. In the first case of the robbery,
there's been a known crime. In the second, it's just
one big fishing expedition.

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