I think the document has to be read from a commonsense perspective. The constitution is not a suicide pact. In a sense, that has to be the answer.

We're talking about a constitution that is in its third century. That's really quite remarkable among any of the nations of the world. It suggests an essential stability of our political system that many may envy but not many can emulate.

It is an apparent suicide.

What we're dealing with is officers on street patrol, which is more effective and more consistent with the Constitution, ... We'll have to see how it is implemented.

They are willing to test the boundaries of present U.S. Supreme Court doctrine.

This court certainly doesn't lack self-confidence. It's a conservative activism for the most part, but the justices aren't afraid to decide where the legal lines are drawn.