The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap Highlight

Tashima’s bizarre reasoning was that the P100 visits were not searches under the Fourth Amendment—but even if they were searches, they were not unreasonable. Why are they reasonable? Because, Tashima said, the public “has a strong interest in ensuring that aid provided from tax dollars reaches its proper and intended recipients.” So the standard is, anyone who receives aid from taxpayers forgoes his rights, because the state has a “strong interest” in rooting out fraud.