According to the Supreme Court, in a search incident to arrest, police are permitted to search the individual being arrested and the area within their immediate control. This includes any items or areas from which the person might gain access to weapons or evidence that could be destroyed. The rationale is to ensure officer safety and prevent the destruction of evidence. However, the scope of this search is limited to the immediate vicinity of the arrest.
No waiting: they can go straight to a judge and have a warrant issued.
ANY judge of ANY court can sign and authorize a search warrant.
Yes. but they have to have probably cause to do so.
Is there any risk of abuse with eavesdropping
Absolute and Unqualified
Normalcy
Warden v. Hayden
No. The US Supreme Court doesn't hold trials; they hear appeals. Sentences are imposed by the trial court.
The Writs of Assistance is what allowed the British to search the colonists' homes. It was similar to a search warrant.
The 1987 Supreme Court case that supported the use of evidence obtained with a search warrant that was inaccurate in its specifics is Massachusetts v. Sheppard. In this case, the court ruled that as long as the police officers acted in good faith reliance on the warrant, the evidence could still be used against the defendant.
This has been a strong idea in the Supreme Court as well as the other branches of government. A major problem before the U.S. won its independence was that the British soldiers could ransack a home without any warrant. The U.S. wanted to stray away from this idea of searching without a warrant. However, many situations call for search without a warrant and so the major issue is what needs a warrant and what doesn't.
No knock warrants are something that the Supreme Court has approved in limited situations where it is determined for officer safety, and/or preservation of the evidence that the officer does not have to first knock and announce his presence before serving a warrant.