Chicago, IL —All people entering the Daley Center or any of Chicago's courthouses, aside from cops, employees and lawyers must submit to being searched like a criminal. The frisking is the result of a nearly four decade-old court order. That original order was put in place by the late Presiding Criminal Division Judge Joseph A. Power . He ordered the searching after the attempted escape and shooting that killed condemned murderer Gene "Ice Man" Lewis and wounded two lawyers at 26 th & California. I've always taken personal exception to this intrusion as a direct Fourth Amendment violation since there is zero probable cause for these searches. They make a weak but sustained argument that the searches are consensual since people can avoid entering the building altogether. Of course many people are there because of jury summonses, witness subpoenas and other compulsory reasons. The Daley center houses lots of local governmental offices aside from a number of court...