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In ''Samson v. California'', 126 S. Ct. 2193 (2006), a 6-3 [[United States Supreme Court]] held that this California law is constitutional:
:Every prisoner eligible for release on state parole "shall agree in writing to be subject to search or seizure by a parole officer or other peace officer at any time of the day or night, with or without a search warrant and with or without cause." Cal. Penal Code Ann. § 3067(a) (West 2000).
The Court held that a suspicionless search, conducted under the authority of this statute, does not violate the [[U.S. Constitution]].
Justice [[Clarence Thomas]] wrote the opinion for the Court, and was joined by Chief Justice [[John Roberts]], Justice [[Antonin Scalia]], Justice [[Anthony Kennedy]], Justice [[Sam Alito]] and, surprisingly, Justice [[Ruth Bader Ginsburg]]. Justice [[John Paul Stevens]], Justice [[David Souter]] and Justice [[Stephen Breyer]] dissented.
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