some animals are more equal than others

In the news: A judge has dismissed drug charges against a daughter of Rep. Dan Rostenkowski, saying police had conducted an illegal search. ...police found a gram of cocaine in her car. ... On Thursday, Criminal Court Judge Michael Toomin ruled that the officers didn't have probable cause to conduct the search. *EXCUSE ME!* Since when have the cops and judges cared about legality of searches? Am I confused? Wasn't Bill in Chicago two weeks ago explaining why we needed to do illegal searches to root out drugs? Oh, I forgot. He meant the searches for *US*. Not *THEM*.