WND by Bob Unruh
A new lawsuit has been filed in state court in Pennsylvania challenging the practice that law enforcement officers can search private lands and property ā at will ā without a warrant.
The case is being brought on behalf of the Punxsutawney Hunting Club and the Pitch Pine Hunting Club against the Pennsylvania Game Commission and commission officer Mark Gritzer by the Institute for Justice.
The legal team explained the problem:
Imagine spending July Fourth with family in the beautiful forests of the Allegheny Mountains. Youāre sitting on the porch on private land, enjoying the peace and quiet and making memories. Then, a man storms up out of nowhere and says heās been watching you for days with binoculars from a hidden spot on your property. Most people would call the cops. But in this story, the intruder was a copāspecifically, a Pennsylvania Game Commission officer surveilling Pitch Pine Hunting Club member Jon Mikesell without permission and without a warrant…
