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units  Posted: Updated:  Amarillo, Texas - A Supreme Court
ruling has many people questioning the use of police K9 units.
The Supreme Court has ruled police cannot bring a drug-sniffing
dog onto your property without first obtaining a search warrant.
Some people are in favor of the ruling stating it upholds the
Fourth Amendment. Others say it hurts law enforcement.  The
Fourth Amendment states the people have a right to secure their
homes against unreasonable search an seizure. Now according to a
ruling by the Supreme Court, police cannot bring a drug-sniffing
dog onto your property without a warrant.  "They said that the
Fourth Amendment still means something, and we just can't search
peoples houses based on a dog sniffing," Adam Tisdell, attorney
says.  The ruling came from a case out of Florida where a drug-
sniffing dog was brought to a front door to sniff for probable
cause for a warra