1.   Atlanta criminal defense lawyer Steve Sadow said the ruling could weaken the Fourth Amendment protections against unlawful searches and seizures.

2.   Since his conviction on two charges, Callahan has claimed that federal agents and prosecutors made their case with unlawful searches, perjured testimony and illegal interrogations.

3.   The Democrats were trying to portray the Republcians as wanting to eliminate the constitutional protection against unlawful searches.

4.   They later filed a federal court complaint that said their rights against unlawful search and seizure and due process had been violated.

5.   Thursday, Lauriat sided with the police union in granting a preliminary injunction, saying that random drug testing would constitute an unlawful search.

6.   El-Hage argued that the Fourth Amendment protects him from unlawful searches and illegal electronic surveillance and that the evidence should be suppressed.

7.   She sued, saying the search of her car was illegal and that she could not be fired as the result of an unlawful search.