ALDO, THE FLORIDA DRUG DOG, ALERTS THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT ABOUT FALSE SEARCHES

Marking his path to legal history, Aldo, Florida's favorite crusading drug dog, is sniffing for glory at the United States Supreme Court. The Court is reviewing a recent Florida Supreme Court decision which threatened Aldo's career by finding that drug dog alerts are not a reliable indicator that there are drugs in a vehicle, because Aldo's handler in testimony failed to show that Aldo's drug dog alerts were reliable and the alerts are often false. 

Aldo, Weans Himself from Drugs

As the dignified members of the United States Supreme Court deliberate upon Aldo's fate - one hopes not based on that little mistake made on the Court's best rug in Chambers - questions arise as to whether recent studies showing the unreliability of drug dog alerts should be brought to heel.

Especially problematic to the fifty law professors specializing in fourth amendment cases who signed a brief against Aldo are false alerts caused when some unsuspecting citizens happen to have chemicals in their vehicles which could confuse poor Aldo. For example, drug dogs habitually give false alerts allowing for warrantless searches by mistaking the odor of aspirin or vinegar for heroin. 

Despite high rates of false alerts some states have announced plans to begin vast sweeps thru American neighborhoods and housing complexes with drug sniffing drugs, just as Florida's Supreme Court warned that if law enforcement wasn't stopped, they would have drug dogs sniffing our front doors.  
I haven't written a brief on this as those fifty profs did, but should the U.S. Supreme Court ask advice from a Clearwater Criminal Defense Lawyer, my solution is simple, just outlaw aspirin, vinegar and American privacy rights and keep our courageous Florida dogs working.