Posted on 05/17/2011 5:40:01 PM PDT by PhilosopherStone1000
A secret search warrant and no witnesses will mean planted evidence in very short order.
Hell .. It became the NAZI regime when it was ruled that “Rolling Roadblocks/Checkpoints” were legal.
BTW: Anyone else SICK of the “Click It Or Ticket” Radio campaign going on yet!?
Screw Em!
When was the last time you checked your crawl space?
I’m sick of most Public Service Announcements.
Something is rotten in Denmark as the old saying goes. If you aren’t guilty when they start, you will be by the time they finish.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated
It's a recipe for fishing expeditions and planting of evidence to destroy political enemies. Might even be pretty lucrative to do so if they just want your house, civil asset forfeiture and all that.
You left off the other part:
...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.
There's a warrant. I don't see how this RICO provision violates this amendment.
As I said last night in a similar thread; if this becomes the law of the land, the numbers of LEOs who die in the line of duty is going to grow by leaps and bounds. All the home owner will say is: “Wow, that’s too bad...I thought it was an intruder...” Two can play this game, and it will be Law Enforcement who loses.
This is a horrible error in judgment by the Court. They will be responsible for the increase in LEO deaths. Very sad indeed.
America -- a great idea, didn't last.
I have two dogs. They may get in but they won’t get out. They hurt my dogs, I hurt them.
Here’s how you deal with this...
1. Overt video and audio recording on a UPS.
2. Covert video and audio recording on a UPS with offsite recording.
3. Alarm system with audible alarm on UPS.
4. 4 legged furry land sharks.
5. Good, very good locks.
Catch them at their own game. Expose them to the media and publish the video.
The citizens of New Mexico need to be making a LOT of noise about this.
All branches of government and all levels of government need to be properly checked and balanced.
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ABSOLUTELY INDEED.
Right after the Patriot Act became law my doctor was panicked, and asked me what I thought. I told him with Ashcroft as AG I wasn’t worried too much, but I hated to see the Democrats get a hold of it. The best policy is to not make laws tyrants will use against you, but we have, and he is.
Those are powers you don't want in the hands of a conservative administration and ones you really, really, really don't want in the hands of statist Dems.
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