What is the major parties' stance on warrantless searches?
In terms of warrantless searches, again you get a divide between the republican party and the democratic party on national security and civil liberties. Warrantless searches are sometimes necessary, sometimes a law enforcement official will spot something that they didn't have time to get a warrant for, for example a cop pulls you over in your car and he can smell the decaying body on your truck. Republicans and Conservatives are more keen to give law enforcement leway, create qualifications for, situations in which you need a warrant except to this situation now and they are willing to warrant great exemption for that. And they are also more willing in terms of the warrantor; to allow law enforcement, under certain circumstances, to conduct warrantless searches because otherwise it could jeopardise the law enforcement operation if they took the time to go to court and it was in the public record. Whereas the Democrats are more concerned with civil liberties and by having the event in the public record a person knows exactly why they are getting the warrant, when they got it, what your purpose was so that there is no abuse of power.
