Michigan Supreme Court rules marijuana smell insufficient for vehicle search

This is a routine state supreme court ruling that narrows police search authority, thereby reinforcing Fourth Amendment protections rather than eroding constitutional norms. It represents normal judicial function (courts checking law enforcement overreach) rather than capture, corruption, or erosion of separation of powers. No election, rule-of-law, or civil-rights damage indicators are present; if anything the ruling strengthens civil liberties. Scope is limited to a single state and population impact is moderate but non-systemic. On the hype side, the story is a straightforward legal/policy item with low outrage-bait, low meme potential, and no strategic distraction indicators (no timing coincidence with other news, no narrative pivot, no pattern of manufactured controversy). Both A and B scores are low, placing this event in the Noise category.