Court rules game wardens don't violate Constitution by stopping hunters, fishermen

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People who fish and hunt in California have less protection of their privacy right under the U.S. Constitution, the state's Supreme Court ruled Monday.

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[jindydiver]

But the state, hoping to salvage the authority of its game wardens, pushed the case to the Supreme Court.

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Don't they really mean "hoping to extend the wardens powers beyond what is reasonable" ??

And this bit should concern everyone in the US

Protecting wildlife is "a special and important … interest and need that is distinct from the state's ordinary interest in crime control," Cantil-Sakauye said. The voluminous regulations would be impossible to enforce, she said, if only those the warden "reasonably suspected had violated the fish and game laws" could be stopped.

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If this is really the case then can't the tax guys also argue that their responsibility extends beyond "ordinary interest"? What about BATF, do they have a case also?
Looks to me like the state supreme court doesn't believe the US constitution should apply in California.