High Court Upholds Warrantless Home Entry in Emergent Situations
In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court preserved a longstanding exception to the Fourth Amendment, allowing police to enter a home without a warrant when they have an objectively reasonable basis to believe someone inside needs emergency help or is in imminent danger; the Montana case involving an Army veteran and a suicide risk prompted the ruling, with Justice Kagan writing for the majority and Justices Sotomayor and Gorsuch issuing separate opinions urging caution in mental-health crises.