Date uploaded: 2023-09-08 20:03:50
A driver was pulled over for swerving across three lanes of traffic. Nero the police dog did his job and sniffed out a pill bottle and a plastic bag that contained meth residue. That evidence ultimately allowed police to get a warrant and charge the driver with felony drug possession.
But the paws Nero placed on the driver side door as he jumped up to get a better sniff have opened a constitutional question that has now reached the Supreme Court: whether the dog’s mere touching of the car violated the Fourth Amendment's prohibition on "unreasonable searches."
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