Tuesday, May 18, 2021

CANIGLIA v. STROM ET AL.

 This is an interesting case that came out of the Supreme Court yesterday.  

Generally, it hold that the police cannot enter a home to seize firearms without a warrant.  The Cliff notes are here: 

Holding: Neither the holding nor logic of Cady v. Dombrowski justifies the removal of Edward Caniglia’s firearms from his home by police officers under a “community caretaking exception” to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement.

What strikes me is that it is a 9-0 opinion.  Even the liberal side agrees that warrantless entries to seize firearms  are unconstitutional.

The full ruling is here.

2 comments:

Old NFO said...

One small step...

BobF said...

Agree on unanimous verdict being highly unusual. I read the full ruling and it is a powerful, though limited, piece. as is the Reply of Petitioner of Mar 12. That latter one is well worth reading.