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Legislators not required to consider Constitutionality of the laws they enact
Coach is Right ^ | 4/29/2012 | Doug Book

Posted on 04/29/2012 10:01:23 AM PDT by Oldpuppymax

On April 25th the Tennessee State Senate voted unanimously to allow federal and state law enforcement officials full access to the medical records of the citizens of Tennessee. According to SB 2407, “…state and federal law enforcement personnel authorized to have access under 53-10-306 shall be permitted to have real time electronic access to the database…” The statute continues by stating that access is permitted “without the necessity of obtaining a search warrant.” It is a law which is scheduled to go into effect on July 1, 2012 as “the public welfare [requires] it.”(1)

Outraged Tennessee residents who wrote and emailed their state senators about the Constitutionality of the law received the following replies from 2 of the lawmakers:

1.) “Legislation is only unconstitutional when the high court deems it so,” and

2.) “Then I’m sure it will be struck down in court.” (2)

As Liberty Legal Foundation head counsel Van Irion so rightly puts it, “Both of these statements reflect a shocking disregard for the Constitution, for the Senators’ Oaths of Office and for the rights of their constituents.” (2)

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TOPICS: Government; History; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: chuckschumer; constitution; sb2407; tennessee; tennesseesenate

1 posted on 04/29/2012 10:01:34 AM PDT by Oldpuppymax
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One would imagine that none of the legislative folks know or understand anything about personal or private information. Here they waste valuable time....when they could have crafted a stolen-ID law with teeth. Total waste.


2 posted on 04/29/2012 10:10:18 AM PDT by pepsionice
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“Tennessee State Senate voted unanimously to allow federal and state law enforcement officials full access to the medical records of the citizens of Tennessee.”

AND... what ‘reason’ do they need to have ‘full access’ to these records????????

Does that mean that citizens of Tennessee have a ‘right’ to ‘full access’ to Obama’s medical records?


3 posted on 04/29/2012 10:17:04 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lame and ill-informed post)
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To: Oldpuppymax
Why would cops need access to medical records at all? Planning on doing a little unlicensed medicine?

/johnny

4 posted on 04/29/2012 10:23:56 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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Well, well, well... And they told us that this couldn't possibly happen with electronic medical records: it would only help us to transfer to a different doctor; there wouldn't be any reason for anyone but medical staff to have access; and they only have our best interests at heart; and they wouldn't allow any governmental agency access, that would be so wrong.

It appears that they don't need a reason to allow anyone and their dog to peruse through your personal life. These people keep and use personal information like it was pornography... lying b@$tards.

5 posted on 04/29/2012 12:31:38 PM PDT by LaRueLaDue
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To: Oldpuppymax

What’s it going to take...? “The answer is blowing in the wind.”


6 posted on 04/29/2012 1:11:23 PM PDT by Lady Lucky (Retro Sark...because you just never know when you'll have needed a sark tag.)
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To: Oldpuppymax

Any doubt communism is here? The liberty and freedom is so lost that the opposite of a Constitutional protected freedoms is pure communism.


7 posted on 04/29/2012 1:32:52 PM PDT by Logical me
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Legislators need to start eliminating laws.

Not making more.

We have more than enough laws.


8 posted on 04/29/2012 1:33:56 PM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network (Obama ate his own dog as a child in Indonesia??)
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To: LaRueLaDue

Police State!
It’s the Tyrannical Sensation that’s Sweeping the Nation!

Tired of those pesky fourth amendment rights clogging up your legal system?

Police State! takes care of those annoying impediments that assume your innocence until proven guilty.

Just imagine. Police State! lets people break into your private property without probably cause—just ‘cause! Imagine the possibilities with Police State! Have drugs in your house but aren’t a murderer? With Police State!, you might be connected with a drug related murder whether you did it or not!

But that’s not ALL! Police State! also allows access to your private medical records at the touch of a button without your consent! Knowing about your herpes makes it even easier for the police to convict you of that rape you didn’t commit because that person had herpes too.

Police State! is ALL about YOUR WELLBEING! Available in Indiana and Tenessee!

Coming soon to a State Near You!!!


9 posted on 04/29/2012 1:37:00 PM PDT by Conservaliberty (25 and conservative. I guess I have no heart, Oh, well, makes shooting the bad guys easier.)
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To: Oldpuppymax
Legislators not required to consider Constitutionality of the laws they enact

The Hell they aren't.

Why do these idiots think that the following is in the Constitution, (Art VI):

The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution;"

Most if not all State Constitutions have similar requirements.

Do they think that was put in so the legislators, etc can just ignore the requirements of the Constitution. Not likely. SOBs should be impeached whenever they pass unconstitutional acts, if they knew or should have known (and Constitutions are pretty simple) that what they were doing was in conflict with the State or Federal Constitution.

10 posted on 04/29/2012 5:57:05 PM PDT by El Gato ("The second amendment is the reset button of the US constitution"-Doug McKay)
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sfl


11 posted on 04/29/2012 6:14:42 PM PDT by know-the-law
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Here’s the solution. Should any piece of legislation be declared un-Constitutional any Legsislator who voted for it is summarily executed by boiling in oil.


12 posted on 04/29/2012 6:20:58 PM PDT by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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That works for me, but just between us, it would be a little bit hard to get that through the legislature.


13 posted on 04/29/2012 7:26:38 PM PDT by coloradan (The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
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There is that to contend with.


14 posted on 04/29/2012 8:10:17 PM PDT by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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