Unconstitutional, but I would rather them have declared it outright illegal. Unconstitutional means the evidence gathered cannot/probably will not be used in the case against the blogger. It means that the inevitable civil rights complaint will have more teeth. But the people who did the raid are not in handcuffs. The court is not identifying a criminal act, nor really is that their role.
The FBI, state, or some other higher agency will have to investigate at their leisure, if they even want to get involved. Such decisions have consequences in an election year. I would rather allow judges to initiate prosecutions, or at least have them force the prosecution's hand where the wrongdoing of law enforcement is so obvious.
The FBI, state, or some other higher agency will have to investigate at their leisure, if they even want to get involved. Such decisions have consequences in an election year. I would rather allow judges to initiate prosecutions, or at least have them force the prosecution's hand where the wrongdoing of law enforcement is so obvious.