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Fiendish Thingy

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15. A freshly expanded, liberal majority SCOTUS would almost certainly rule that to be unconstitutional

Reply to angrychair (Reply #13)

Fri Jul 10, 2026, 08:46 PM

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Certainly a violation of fourth amendment rights, with any data obtained inadmissible as evidence in court.

Just one more reason why court expansion, and killing the filibuster to do so, must be the #1 priority for 2028.

(It doesn’t have to be the most prominent campaign issue, just the first thing Dems do once regaining the trifecta)

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