8 ARGUMENTThis Court has already decided that a warrant-less entry into a home may be justified by the government’s community caretaking interest in protecting individuals from the imminent risk of serious harm and the need to act promptly—the emergency aid exception.This Court has been asked to determine whether a community caretaking exception should be ex-tended to warrantless home searches. There is no need to extend any exception because one already ap-plies—the emergency aid exception. The emergency aid exception permits a warrantless search of and re-lated seizure in the home when there is an imminent threat of serious harm. That search and seizure is conducted in furtherance of the government’s commu-nity caretaking interests to protect public health and safety. Lower courts have misapplied this Court’s precedent to create a variety of warrant exceptions la-beled “community caretaking” exceptions. But while the government’s community caretaking interest may justify a search, that interest alone do
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8 ARGUMENTThis Court has already decided that a warrant-less entry into a home may be justified by the government’s community caretaking interest in protecting individuals from the imminent risk of serious harm and the need to act promptly—the emergency aid exception.This Court has been asked to determine whether a community caretaking exception should be ex-tended to warrantless home searches. There is no need to extend any exception because one already ap-plies—the emergency aid exception. The emergency aid exception permits a warrantless search of and re-lated seizure in the home when there is an imminent threat of serious harm. That search and seizure is conducted in furtherance of the government’s commu-nity caretaking interests to protect public health and safety. Lower courts have misapplied this Court’s precedent to create a variety of warrant exceptions la-beled “community caretaking” exceptions. But while the government’s community caretaking interest may justify a search, that interest alone do
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