The extent to which the constitution is ignored today probably means we need a constutuional convention to fix it, and who knows how that would turn out. The longer I sit in a parliamentary system, the more I appreciate how it works. It might be something to consider adopting back home.
I disagree. It isn't the Constitution that's broken. The 4th Amendment still says that the People shall be secure in their homes against unreasonable searches. The problem is that the courts have allowed things to devolve to a state that busting down the door
of the wrong home and pointing guns at everyone inside while screaming naughty words at children is considered normal and acceptable practice. In other words, that which is
prima facie not reasonable to a sane individual has been determined by idiot courts to be legally reasonable.
Who said above that no-knock warrants should not be allowed? I agree. Further, the current time criteria for knock-and-enter warrants are also ridiculous. The courts have ruled that (IIRC) 20 to 30 seconds is sufficient time between knocking on the door and busting it in. Time for a reality check. I'm a heavy sleeper, and I sleep on the second floor. My route from the bedroom to the front door is through a dimly lit hallway with a sloped ceiling, which restricts rapid movement. Even
IF I awakened at the very first knock, it would take a LOT more than 30 seconds for my awakening brain to figure out that there are people claiming to be police knocking on my door and to get myself out of bed and down the stairs to open said door.
And whatever happened to the quaint notion that the person on whom a warrant is "served" is supposed to be afforded an opportunity to READ the warrant? Think how much anguish and angst could be afforded if Jim Jones at 147 North Main Street were allowed to see the warrant so he could inform the friendly SWAT boys that the warrant they just showed him is for Alfred E. Newman, not Jim Jones, and the address on the warrant is 174 South Main Street?