mr. florence was arrested on the old bench warrant. except he had in fact paid the fine.ut the authorities detained him anyway. the officers detained him even when he showed them evidence that he paid the fine with a receipt he kept in his glove compartment. what happened next? he was strip searched twice at two different jails. each time he was told to manipulate his body parts so the officers could peer into his every crevasse. without any hint, any suspension of contraband having average citizens charged with minor infractions undergo strip searches. it's not just an unreasonable search, it's an astonishing one in a country that per ports to revere liberty. mr. president i wonder if after today's decision, you still find it hard to believe that this court would overturn health care. and by the way although it apparently was ant factor in this case, did i mention that mr. florence was black? i wonder if that's why his proof of payment of his fine was not accepted? coming up, we'll dive back into politics and into mitt romney's problems with women voters. it's a case of

mr. florence had paid the fine. he was arrested because of the warrant. and transported to the burlington county jail where one of two strip searches ultimately occurred. the first strip search he had to strip naked, lift his genitals, open his mouth, lift his tongue, turn around, lift his arms. he was held there for six days and then transported to the essex county jail. he was strip searched again. the only difference was they added to this strip search squat and cough. >> warner: justice kennedy wrote said this was not an ununconstitutional search. >> he brought a civil rights claim saying that his fourth amendment rights had been violated by the strip search. justice kennedy basically gave four reasons for saying this was not unreasonable. first he said that the strip search allows prison officials to detect and deter contraband coming into a jail. it also prevents diseases from coming into the jail population, and helps prison officials identify and isolate gang members. finally justice ken kennedy said that sometimes people who are arrested for mino

mr. florence was in a car in new jersey, and the car was pulled over, and mr. e was arrested for no reason at all. there had been a warrant out for mr. florence, but it was based on a fine that, in fact, he had already paid. there was an error in the system. so he's pulled over for no reason. he's first taken to one jail in new jersey, the burlington county jail, where he's subjected to a strip search. in less than a week, he's taken to another jail in new jersey, the essex county jail, where he is subjected to yet another strip search and, ultimately, he's released without being charged with anything when the error is corrected. >> host: so what is the scope of this decision? because "the new york times"' headline says "justices approve strip search use for any arrest." where does this go from the decision? >> guest: there are really two readings of the scope of the decision. there's the majority opinion is quite broad and would seem to authorize strip searches even of individuals such as mr. florence who are charged with extremely minor offenses, misdemeanors,

mr. florence later explained to the "new york times," quote, i consider myself a man's man, 6'3", big guy made me feel less than a man. it made me feel not better than an animal. albert florence sued saying he shouldn't be subjected to multiple strip srches because he was arrested for a minor' fence, wrongly arrested and not suspected of carrying any contraband. the supreme court today ruled in that case against albert florence. the supreme court establishing a new national precedent which cannot be afeeled which says no matter what you are arrested for, whether it is a traffic violation or unpaid fine or you have been caught walking your dog without a leash or you have been picked up for not paying child support. no matter what you have been picked up for, even a false belief that you haven't been paid even though you did pay it you can be strip searched multiple times. the justices on the supreme court and the swing vote anthony kennedy ruled against albert florence. the four more liberal justices were the minority. this is not a case that's been on anybody's radar inerms of having a bi

mr. florence who had already paid the fine for which he was supposedly arrested for. as i was saying earlier, the prison system or the incarceration system is sweeping in more and more expansion of the power of government which becomes worrisome when the protections for basic human liberties like being free of a strip search of individuals who are incarcerated are being rolled back. host: republican from cleveland, ohio. caller: i grew up with one of the first persons released from prison because of dna on a rape that he did not do. do you think that native americans -- should they be stripped searched if they are waiting for dna evidence to prove that they did not commit a rape? guest: well, my position is that no one should be stripped searched if they are charged with a minor crime and when there is no reason to think that individual is in possession of contraband. that is a view that would apply across the board. it does not matter about the race of a given individual. when an individual is arrested on a very minor charge and there is no reason to think that indiv

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