S. Carter, Professor of Law

The Onion makes a reference to Jay-Z's "99 Problems" in their news briefs this week:

Jay-Z's Grandfather Busted With Trunk Full Of Canadian Prescription Drugs
BUFFALO, NY—Tyrone J. Carter, rap artist Jay-Z's 75-year-old grandfather, was arrested Monday for transporting prescription drugs across the Canadian border in the trunk of his 1998 Oldsmobile. "My grandson says I shouldn't have unlocked the trunk unless the cops had a warrant, but what's a man supposed to do?" said Carter, who was busted with more than $1,000 worth of pharmaceutical-grade Diovan, Lipitor, and Lanoxin. "Don't the police have anything better to do than hassle a sick old man? My insurance doesn't cover my pills anymore—I gotta get my heart medicine somewhere." The arresting officers said the pills had a U.S.-pharmacy value of nearly $18,000.

I posted about the 4th Amendment vehicle search content of "99 Problems" before, and now is as good a time as any to point out that Mr. Carter's pessimistic closure to the traffic stop story, "[W]e'll see how smart you are when the K-9's come" was born out last week when the Supreme Court ruled in IL v Caballes that the 4th Amendment is not implicated, let alone violated, by the suspicionless use of a police dog to sniff for narcotics during a traffic stop.