Supremes go to the dogs today

BERLIN - NOVEMBER 19: An german policeman pass after examining with a police dog a dustbin in front of the entrance to the main station on November 19, 2010 in Berlin, Germany. Germany's interior minister Thomas de Maiziere has announced on Wednesday that security is being stepped up at airports and train stations across Germany. De Maiziere told media in Berlin that the move came in light of concrete information received, indicating that a terrorist attack was being planned for the end of November in Germany. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)

The U.S. Supreme today will hear two Florida cases involving Fourth Amendment search-and-seizure law and the role that police dogs play.  In Florida v. Jardines the issue is whether or not the sniff itself is a 4th Amendment "search."  Florida v. Harris involve the evidentiary significance of a positive hit.

http://verdict.justia.com/2012/10/31/the-u-s-supreme-court-considers-dog-sniffs-and-the-fourth-amendment

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