Show me where there is a probable cause requirement for exigent circumstances to apply. You don't seem to understand exigency. From the Wikipedia Fourth Amendment article:
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There are also "exigent circumstances" exceptions to the warrant requirement. Exigent circumstances arise when the law enforcement officers have reasonable grounds to believe that there is an immediate need to protect their lives, the lives of others, their property, or that of others, the search is not motivated by an intent to arrest and seize evidence, and there is some reasonable basis, to associate an emergency with the area or place to be searched.
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All of the above elements existed during the Watertown searches, did they not? Mind you, I'm not saying it's right. I'm saying it's constitutional as interpreted by the SCOTUS. Certainly, it's not blatantly unconstitutional, as you claim.
Frank, We all know the Republicans have used illegal immigrants as their scapegoats for the last three Presidential elections and the midterm elections between them. It's those politicians who want to inconvenience us all, so they can stump on their 'tough on illegal immigrants' stance.
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