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Consent to search your car lets police dismantle stereo system

A couple of quick Fourth Amendment items via Liberty and Justice for Y'all:First, the US 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that when a driver gave DPS troopers consent to search his vehicle, they were justified in taking out a screwdriver and dismantling his car speakers on the side of the road to look for drugs.Also from LJ4Y we get a good roundup of discussions on a SCOTUS case, City of Ontario v. Quon, an electronic privacy case in which oral arguments were heard this week. My own views on the degradation of the Fourth Amendment were well stated by Jamie Spencer over at the new Affirmative Links group criminal defense blog, so I'll refer readers to his essay rather than replicate his fine efforts.ASIDE: FWIW, this is officially the 5,000th post on Grits for Breakfast since the blog was launched in October 2004...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on April 21, 2010 (boomark / email).