Wise Words to Remember

“These (Fourth Amendment rights)….are not mere second-class rights but belong in the catalog of indipensable freedoms. Among deprivations of rights, none is so effective in cowing a population, crushing the spirit of the individual and putting terror in every heart. Uncontrolled search and seizure is one of the first and most effective weapons in the arsenal of every arbitrary government.”
Almeida-Sanchez v. U.S. 413 U.S. 266, 274, 93 S.Ct. 2535, 2540 (U.S.Cal. 1973) quoting Justice Jackson, soon after his return from the Nuremberg Trials.