[t2015_08_25]

Well at least they might be able to do this if Connecticut were to secede from the United States. Not sure if you're from the U.S. or not, but we have a Bill of Rights which was originally intended to protect states from the federal government... But in this case it looks like we'll have to use it to protect us from our own states.

[ledude]

the 4th amendment has been incorporated to the states. states can't legislate/constitutionalize less protections than what federal law provides.. you know... because the supremacy clause

this should be killed by a federal court very fast

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incorporation_of_the_Bill_of_R... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supremacy_Clause

[voxic11]

Actually the justification for incorporating the bill of rights (well some of it) comes from the 14th amendment, not the supremacy clause.

[dragonwriter]

The supremacy clause is, however, the basis for why state statute can't brush aside the protections in the federal constitution, including those incorporated against the states by the Fourteenth Amendemnt.

[JadeNB]

> Not sure if you're from the U.S. or not, but we have a Bill of Rights which was originally intended to protect states from the federal government...

This language seems overly patronising, and unlikely to contribute to the important point that the rest of your post makes. I think it doesn't matter whether or not GP is from the US.