It is not that the amendment was bad. but now we have got a different standard applying to one law enforcement agency. constitutional standard presumably. than we have applying to all other law enforcement agencies. and I have got nothing against the Internal Revenue Service. but it seems to me that the Internal Revenue Service makes more sense to be exempted than the ATF. or whatever it was called. because there are less circumstances under which they need to go and kick somebodys door in than the other agency. The point is it is the underlying bill that is the problem here. It is not exempting ATF. or the Internal Revenue Service. or the Immigration and Naturalization Service. or the city of Atlanta. or New York. or the FBI. The standard ought to be the same. and that standard was articulated in 1791 when we passed the first 10 amendments to the Constitution. That is the standard that ought to apply. and that is the problem that we are into here. and that is the reason that we are getting all these inconsistencies. because what we did in 1791 was to make one consistent standard. and what my colleagues on the other side are trying to do is to get at the bad guys.
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