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Re: Can a landlord really do this?!

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From: Major Debacle
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:08
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zeez wrote:
>  A friend of mine told me a few months ago about a sober-living
> faculty in Los Angeles, CA which the tenants pay rent to stay in
> which, among other things, include mandatory searches of the
> apartments with drug sniffing dogs! Personally, I think the whole
> housing market is one big shit fest con game, but even I think this is
> over the top, but I know she does not lie about stuff like this. Is
> this legal? Can contracts override the Constitution?

Damn right they can.

If you sigh yer John Hancock to a contract that forks over yer rights
against unreasonable searches and seizures in exchange for sober
neighbors, you better be prepared for a midnight knock at the door.


-- 

When asked, years afterward, why his charge at Gettysburg failed,
General Pickett said: "I've always thought the Yankees had something to
do with it."
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From: Major Debacle <major_debacle@The_Pentagon.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Can a landlord really do this?!
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:08:32 -0800
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