Blog by Eric Francis | Planet Waves

Weekend Bonus! | Astrology Secrets + Your Constitutional Rights Romped Upon

First a cartoon:

http://www.workingforchange.com/comic.cfm?itemid=20959

FOR FANS of Astrology Secrets Revealed, here is the updated archive of all the questions going back to April 2004, listed by topic rather than in chronological order:

http://www.planetwaves.net/cainer/archive/

For fans of their constitutional rights, this is well worth reading -- today's edition of Steve Bergstein's blog Psychsound.

http://planetwaves.info/blog2.html

Personally, I am not a big fan of my paisan Antonin Scalia, and once again I am reminded why. Shame on Justice Kennedy, who should know better. We can't expect common sense from pubic hair man (Thomas) or Bushista Sam Alito -- but Kennedy usually has half a brain, at least.

Steve explains, and here is a quote from a recent article by Knight Ridder News Service:

Justice Antonin Scalia said the increasing professionalism of police and the threat of civil suits was enough of a deterrent to keep officers from abusing their authority.

To exclude evidence from a trial merely because of an entry violation, the court said, would unnecessarily increase the risk of "grave, adverse" consequences, including the technical exoneration of guilty - and often dangerous - criminals.

The "jackpot" for criminals would be enormous, wrote Scalia, who was joined by Chief Justice John G. Roberts and Justices Anthony Kennedy, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito. He said the court essentially would be issuing "get-out-of-jail-free" cards if it indulged suppression of evidence based on an entry violation.