Home Run Inn

I did not know that Home Run Inn had expanded like that.  There is some information on the back of the pizza box that tells a little about their history along with a picture of the original tavern.  I remember that we ate outside in a yard that was enclosed by a board fence like the one in the picture.  I also remember that their pizza was similar to the ones we used to get at Vanucci's on Archer Avenue, a round pizza with a thin crust that was cut into square or rectangular pieces.  All the round pizzas in our region come cut into pie shaped pieces, although some places serve a square deep dish pizza.  Jack's Original is our favorite frozen pizza, it doesn't come pre-cut, and we have always cut it into pie shaped pieces.  We haven't eaten our HRI pizza yet.  It was an impulse buy, not on my shopping list, and it will have to wait until we get around to it.

I had not heard of the "within a hundred miles of the border" rule, but I do know that the constitutional protection from "unreasonable search and seizure" has been interpreted by the courts a number of different ways over the years.  Last I heard, they can conduct a warrantless search if they have good reason to believe that it is necessary to prevent an imminent danger to the public.  When the case gets to court, if the judge is not convinced that the search was legally necessary, he will rule that any evidence obtained by the search is inadmissible.  Automobiles are a little different.  They will usually ask for your permission to search your car.  If you say no, they can impound the car and make you wait until they can obtain a warrant and search it before returning it to you.

Another special case is when illegal drugs are involved.  There has been some controversy around this but, last I heard, they can seize something like a car, boat, or house if they determine that it is being used for illegal drug purposes.  Even if the owner is never charged, he may have a hard time getting his property back.  It's like, you might not be guilty but your car is, or something like that.