and most authoritarian dictatorships.
They illegal detain you and search your person, and papers, making you feel like criminals. Then they search your house and effects, taking nothing, but clearly indicating they were there. We have become the USSR. Did Democracy really win the cold war?
These are clear and obvious violations of the 3rd Amendment to the Constitution.
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
Well so much for the Constitution especially if it does not appeal to the republicon party.
"If this were a dictatorship, it would be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator," Bush joked.
http://www.buzzflash.com/analysis/2002/10/29_Dictator.html