You are 100% right derf. It's a win win for the budget strapped state budgets. They get paid $70k to cover LEO wages and equipment useage. Then they also get revenue from the tickets.
More info on the constitutional aspects
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The Supreme Court of the United States has repeatedly confirmed that any checkpoint whose primary purpose is general crime control constitutes an unreasonable search and seizure under the Fourth Amendment and is presumptively unconstitutional.
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