The judge who signed off on a search warrant authorizing the raid of a newspaper office in Marion, Kansas, is facing a complaint about her decision and has been asked by a judicial body to respond, records shared with CNN by the complainant show.

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    10 months ago

    Not sure what you’re asking when you say “on what grounds”.

    The warrant was issued without any evidence supporting it, which I thought I made clear in my comment.

    I did read it, it’s linked within the article OP posted that we’re replying too, or maybe it’s a couple clicks away.

    The fact that shit hit the fan seems like a red flag to me that things were wrong from the get go. Cops get away with misconduct every day, for it to make national news means they probably acted indefensibly inappropriately.

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      10 months ago

      You’re saying the warrant was issued without supporting evidence because the affidavit was filed after the warrant was served?

      I don’t know what the recording requirements in that court are. It may be that affidavits are submitted sealed and then not filed until after the warrant is served. That doesn’t seem out of the scope of ordinary to me.

      I’m not sure it’s filing means the judge didn’t see it.