It's Clear To Me
The forth amendment to the U.S. Constitution is about a paragraph:
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
It is important to remember that without the security of one's houses, papers, and effects, none of the other bits and pieces of the constitution fit together too well. Without this protection, all the speechifying, newspapering, right to habeas corpus, and everything else the founding fathers loaded us up with to be as free of the fear of leviathan government as possible doesn't mean shit. If the government can tap your phone, cull your email, sniff your dog's ass for enemy combatants, and all of the other invasions our government has been well known for, for decades, and get away with it, then tear up your copy of the constitution. It means as much as the integrity of our criminal White House.
The President says this is consistent with the law. What law, or vague notion of unwritten law is he talking about? YOU CANNOT SPY ON PEOPLE WITHOUT A WARRENT.
But aren't we so much more safer now, than we were before, in the days following 9/11? George Bush says we are. Are you going to sit there and allow this man to shred the Bill OF Rights because he SAYS our goons have staved off their goons? And it could not have been possible without warrentless searches?
"Those who give up liberty for the sake of security deserve neither liberty nor security." Ben Franklin said that more than 200 years ago. Are we too busy with our X Boxes and gee gaws this Christmas to realize that we're not so far from calling firemen out to BURN books?
Unfortunately, we are stuck with the Democrats as the only viable opposition to the authoritarians who are "running" the government.
Will the last one with a website, please turn off the lights?
Joe Postove
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
It is important to remember that without the security of one's houses, papers, and effects, none of the other bits and pieces of the constitution fit together too well. Without this protection, all the speechifying, newspapering, right to habeas corpus, and everything else the founding fathers loaded us up with to be as free of the fear of leviathan government as possible doesn't mean shit. If the government can tap your phone, cull your email, sniff your dog's ass for enemy combatants, and all of the other invasions our government has been well known for, for decades, and get away with it, then tear up your copy of the constitution. It means as much as the integrity of our criminal White House.
The President says this is consistent with the law. What law, or vague notion of unwritten law is he talking about? YOU CANNOT SPY ON PEOPLE WITHOUT A WARRENT.
But aren't we so much more safer now, than we were before, in the days following 9/11? George Bush says we are. Are you going to sit there and allow this man to shred the Bill OF Rights because he SAYS our goons have staved off their goons? And it could not have been possible without warrentless searches?
"Those who give up liberty for the sake of security deserve neither liberty nor security." Ben Franklin said that more than 200 years ago. Are we too busy with our X Boxes and gee gaws this Christmas to realize that we're not so far from calling firemen out to BURN books?
Unfortunately, we are stuck with the Democrats as the only viable opposition to the authoritarians who are "running" the government.
Will the last one with a website, please turn off the lights?
Joe Postove
posted by Mr. Liberty at 12:15 PM
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