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[MathGeek]

Originally Posted by all star rod

that is what is wrong with America...I can see it now on Fox New..LC man hires the cockran law firm for having his ice chest checked by the GW...

For being a PhD Engineer, you sure aren't very good on the details. Or are you intentionally misrepresenting what was written?

Can you grasp the difference between filing a suit because a game warden looked into one's ice chest and filing a suit because a game warden took retributive actions (giving a citizen a "very long bad day") for politely declining a request for a voluntary search?

I doubt I would sue simply because a GW boarded the boat and looked in the ice chest. Lawsuits are expensive, and it's unlikely one could find decent attorneys to take that one on contingency, and success in the effort could go either way depending on details.

But very good attorneys line up for cases where law enforcement took retributive actions when citizens did nothing more than politely decline a request for a voluntary search. I'd have to pay no money up front, show up for a couple of depositions, cash a 6-7 figure settlement check, and sleep better knowing that most agencies will now be slower to attempt retribution against honest citizens who politely assert their Constitutional rights.