A major decision that will impact Minnesotans’ privacy rights is waiting to be heard in the state’s court of Appeals.
It all started off simply enough. Jason and Jackie Wiebesick were a Golden Valley couple who lived in a duplex. One day, officials from the city approached them to ask permission to inspect their home. The stated reason was to collect information so as to make a decision over whether to renew the Wiebesick’s rental license.
Disturbed by the prospect of unfamiliar people walking around their home, the Wiebesick’s turned down the inspectors’ request. One might think it would have ended there, but the city saw to it that it didn’t.
Taking the case to court, Golden Valley authorities implored a county judge to issue a warrant overriding the Wiebesick’s objections and allowing them into the house. Tellingly, the judge refused their request for a warrant, prompting the city to reach even higher.
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Why do they need a “rental license” to rent a place to live!!!! Sounds like someone is overstepping their authority!!!!!
Yeah that wouldnt happn
WTF!
“The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail, its roof may shake; the wind may blow through it; the storms may enter, the rain may enter,—but the King of England cannot enter; all his forces dare not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement.” ~ William Pitt 1763
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Andrew Zurmuehlen, stand up for the fourth amendment.
I do not have to have anything to hide to demand my rights not be violated.
We’ll if they think believe that there is drugs or a felony act them I guess they are allowed if there wrong then there’s gonna be lawsuits and it’s gonna be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars or possible millions and if they usevexcessive force there will be lawsuits these people from this picture don’t really look like there bad people not the country is changing I’ll tell ya
Man you are lost. This is not about an illegal search and siezure. This is a legally required rental property inspection.
And, there are laws about what the inspection can and cannot look at too!
They can look in a closet where the electrical panel is. They can look under the sink at the plumbing. They cannot look inside furniture, rummage thru things, or search the property.
There are plenty of laws in a city that infringe upon a person’s rights.
I can’t have a car on blocks in my front lawn, I can’t put up a windmill. Hell there are neighborhoods that tell you what color you have to paint your house.
Our freedom lies in the ability to move away from those places. If I don’t want my duplex to be inspected by the city, then I can choose to not rent any part of it. But, make the choice to rent out your home, and it then becomes a business and it is not an entirely private property anymore. And the city has a legal obligation to its citizens to keep them safe.
You don’t have a warrant