Stardate 20010611.1452 (On Screen): This was an
excellent decision by the Supreme Court, which upholds not merely the letter of the Fourth Amendment but in fact its spirit. Using heat detectors to observe a house, to try to deduce what's going on inside it, is in my opinion clearly an "unreasonable search" even if the house itself isn't entered.
I'm a bit disturbed that it was only a 5:4 decision. It is even more curious to see how the justices voted. It's decidedly unusual for Justice Ginsburg to join Justices Thomas and Scalia on one side, with Justice O'Conner and Chief Justice Rehnquist on the other.
It must frost Chief Justice Rehnquist that he is in the minority so often. The "Rehnquist Court" will go down in history for making a large number of decisions with which he disagrees. (cheer)
