Case v. Montana · ¶38

Today's case, like another before it, holds that police officers generally do not violate a person's Fourth Amendment rights when they enter his house without a warrant, but with an “ `objectively reasonable basis' ” for believing someone inside is in physical danger and in need of immediate aid. Ante, at 116 (quoting Brigham City v. Stuart, 547 U. S. 398, 400 (2006)). Importantly, the Court observes, this exception to the warrant requirement permits entry only to the extent reasonably necessary to address the apparent emergency and does not authorize officers to search a home more broadly. See ante, at 117. With all that, I agree.

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