CSPAN Collins V. Virginia Oral Argument January 16, 2018
May it please the court. The warrant requirement for the home cannot be overthrown by the automobile exception. Under the commonwealths argument, on probable cause alone, an officer may search a vehicle anywhere that he finds it and may go anywhere that he needs to in order to access that vehicle. That rule cannot survive foundational for the amendment Fourth Amendment principles. This is presumptively unreasonable as this court recognizes. The more we ask this court to adopt is the automobile exception does not apply to a vehicle found in the home. The police have probable cause to believe th...