The 5-3 decision puts new limits on officers who want to search for evidence of a crime without obtaining a warrant first. If one occupant tells them no, the search is unconstitutional, justices said. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote his first dissent, predicting severe consequences for women who want police to come in but are overruled by abusive husbands. The court's liberal members, joined by centrist Anthony M. Kennedy , said that an officer responding to a domestic dispute call did not have the authority to enter and search the home of a small-town Georgia lawyer in 2001 even though the man's wife invited him in.
The 5–3 decision puts new limits on officers who want to search for evidence of a crime without obtaining a warrant first. If one occupant tells them no, the search is unconstitutional, justices said. wrote his first dissent, predicting severe consequences for women who want police to come in but are overruled by abusive husbands. The court's liberal members, joined by centrist , said that an officer responding to a domestic dispute call did not have the authority to enter and search the home of a small-town lawyer in 2001 even though the man's wife invited him in.
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