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Let's see what's new in the news today. Oh good. The Supreme Court is poking it's nose in our business again. In a 5-4 vote, they have decided that it would be a good idea if the police were given the right to strip-search any person who is arrested for any offense. That's strip-search as in no clothes, as in I hope it doesn't happen next winter along a windy, cold, snowy, busy highway. Do ya think cops will be strip-searching folks for jay-walking? So if you pass a bad check, you're going to be up against the wall with your aft and even amid-ship showing. Just you look out if somebody says "up periscope". Maybe that's fitting. Now, I can see strip-searches for people who are caught shop-lifting. After all, you have to find all the stolen merchandise, don't ya? Especially TVs and such. What I don't see, is how this will work for people caught in a shootout in one of these Stand Your Ground law states. As far as I can tell, nobody would be subject to the strip-search or both would. And what about suicide attempts? If a guy is up on the ledge of a sky-scraper threatening to jump, who's going to volunteer to go up and conduct that strip-search? The court was concerned about gangs as part of the reasoning for the searches. Does that mean there will be group strip-searches? Is that wise? I mean, it's bad enough that somebody might be caught with their pants halfway down, as is the style for many, but do we really want them all the way down? And what about middle aged and older folks? Who's gonna want to watch that show? If a pretty young girl is driving her convertible down the highway, just how many times should she be stopped and searched before she winds up engaged. To the law enforcement officer. Or a passing motorist. Or what about a mother with an infant in the car? Who gets searched? Maybe the infant should be the one. After all, maybe it needs to be changed anyway. Cleanup is optional for the cop. Now honestly and seriously folks, I can see times when it might be a good idea, but as is often the case, our favorite U.S. Supreme Court seems to have gone a bit too far. I mean, they're way past second base on this one.