Supreme Court Approves Strip Searches For Any Arrestable Offense 747
sl4shd0rk writes "Taking a page out of the TSA handbook, the Supreme Court has voted to allow strip searches for any offense, no matter how minimal. The article cites these two tidbits from Justice Anthony Kennedy: 'Every detainee who will be admitted to the general [jail or prison] population may be required to undergo a close visual inspection while undressed,' and 'Maintaining safety and order at detention centers requires the expertise of correctional officials.'"
On the positive side... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Canada Here I Come (Score:4, Funny)
What makes you think Canada is any better? They don't even have free speech.
Re:This seems terrifying (Score:5, Funny)
You can't be arrested for jaywalking (and thus no strip search), but all attractive people will now also be charged with resisting arrest.
Re:On the positive side... (Score:5, Funny)
(insert gay voice)
Oh officer, I've been a bad boy, you gotta strip search me...
Re:Slashdot, 18 hrs behind the NY Times (Score:4, Funny)
I'm already done being mad about this. Since you're basically being strip searched now when you board a plane, take a train, drive your car, get arrested for smoking a joint, yadda, yadda, I propose we just stop wearing clothes.
I mean the TSA, cops, school principals, ticket wardens, etc. are gonna remove 'em anyway, you might as well just stay naked.
And for all you RTFA dopes who are going to reply to this saying "this is only for people being released into the general prision population, I say 'BULLSHIT'.
There's a story right below this one about cell-phone tracking without a warrant. Don't believe for a second this ruling won't be used to abuse rights by those in power, or those that THINK they have power because they have guns and handcuffs, or they are backed up by some "board".
Hell, potential employers want your facebook password, maybe pretty soon you'll be strip searched before you can go to work.
Time to leave this country. In Florida, it's legal to provoke someone to threaten you and then you shoot them, it's now legal to strip search anyone for any reason, and our government is controlled and run by Goldman Sachs, for Goldman Sachs. Screw this.
Sounds like you may still be mad about this.
Re:I would rather have that than contraband (Score:5, Funny)
Different perspective (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Different perspective (Score:5, Funny)
Careful what you wish for.
Re:Canada Here I Come (Score:4, Funny)
If you haven't heard, smuggling items into prisons is pretty fucking big business. [statesman.com] And they get downright creative [oddee.com] about it.
The statesman article is about convicts in prison, not about suspects in jail - big difference.
Also, so what if you have have stuff in jail? Designating harmless things as contrabrand and then declaring a problem does not wash. A deadly weapon, yes, but then who is going to jaywalk with a revolver up his ass?
Re:I would rather have that than contraband (Score:2, Funny)
So is this health check paid for by Obamacare?
Re:Canada Here I Come (Score:4, Funny)
I'm sorry but what you feel is not love. People fight to save/protect the things they love. They don't run from them at the first sign of trouble - Coward.
I love my husband, but he beats me.