Supreme Court Allows Warrantless Searches of Welfare Applicants' Homes

[Michaelangelica]

Back in the mid-1980's, when big companies started requiring employees to submit to random drug and alcohol screenings, it was quite apparent that privacy and fourth amendment constitutional protections were under serious attack. There were two lines of reasoning that courts eventually approved of the screenings -- workplace safety and, hey, if someone didn't want to submit to the testing, they were free to quit the job.

AlterNet: Blogs: Rights and Liberties: Supreme Court Allows Warrantless Searches of Welfare Applicants' Homes

[Queso]

No one (except the impacted families) will care about this case, but it should be exceptionally concerning to everyone. Why will no one care? Because (once again) the erosion of civil liberties starts at the bottom of the economic ladder, with those who are least personally equipped to resist.

 

thanks for sharing this, Michael....