No, a federal judge did not rule that drinking tea and shopping at a gardening store amounts to probable cause (original) (raw)

Democracy Dies in Darkness

The Volokh Conspiracy

By Orin Kerr

December 30, 2015 at 4:21 p.m. EST

Radley Balko is getting a lot of attention for his provocative post “Federal judge: Drinking tea, shopping at a gardening store is probable cause for a SWAT raid on your home.” It sounds crazy, right? Why would a federal judge think that drinking tea and shopping at a gardening store amounts to probable cause?