http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/5thamendment/ en-us Fri, 4 Dec 2009 01:44:52 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399842/posts Eminent Domain: Four years after the Supreme Court told a Connecticut homeowner that no one's house is safe from developers, Brooklyn homeowners may lose their homes to a pro basketball team. On June 3, 2005, by a 5-4 margin, the U.S. Supreme Court effectively repealed the 5th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, deciding that your constitutional right to be secure in your home didn't matter if your state or community decided your property could produce more revenue as a shopping mall or condominium development. Pfizer coveted Susette Kelo's working-class neighborhood for an office park and condominium complex. The city fathers... Investors.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399842/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 01:44:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2287833/posts There are two video lectures on YouTube a friend recently shared with me about when it comes to talking to the police. Even if you, like me, never expect to encounter police officers in a hostile situation, these are important videos to watch. This is especially true when it comes to law-abiding citizens who carry concealed or open weapons in self-defense. Don't Talk to Cops, Part 1Don't Talk to Cops, Part 2This is not anti-police at all, but it is vital information for dealing with them. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2287833/posts#comment Wed, 8 Jul 2009 05:04:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262699/posts The fact that we have been ignored so long means other methods are required. http://boycottgm.wordpress.com/2009/06/02/boycott-general-motors-for-the-sake-of-america/ That is the link to a petition to Congress saying we will boycott GM products until the company is back in private hands. What more do they need to know? so little has been said about how Obama's thuggery violates the takings provisions of the 5th amendment. Since the cretinoids we voted in can't get a clue, we start here. na http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262699/posts#comment Tue, 2 Jun 2009 05:20:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2255071/posts The former director of the government's pension agency took the Fifth Amendment at a Senate hearing where lawmakers quizzed him about allegations that he had inappropriate contacts with three Wall Street firms. ### The former director of the government's pension agency took the Fifth Amendment Wednesday when senators asked about allegations that he had inappropriate contacts with Wall Street firms while running the operation, which insures the pensions of 44 million Americans. Charles E.F. Millard denies that he had improper communications with the firms that recently won multimillion-dollar contracts to advise the agency on a new strategy to invest its... AP/Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2255071/posts#comment Wed, 20 May 2009 23:23:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2247766/posts ·11250 Waples Mill Road ·   Fairfax, Virginia 22030    ·800-392-8683   Registration & Licensing 5th Amendment, Self-Incrimination, & Gun Registration   5th Amendment, Self-Incrimination, & Gun Registration by Clayton E. Cramer A recurring question that we are asked, not only by gun control advocates, but even by a number of gun owners is, "What`s wrong with mandatory gun registration?" Usually by the time we finish telling them about the Supreme Court decision U.S. v. Haynes (1968), they are laughing -- and they understand our objection to registration.In Haynes, a Miles Edward Haynes appealed his conviction for unlawful possession of an unregistered short-barreled... NRA - ILA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2247766/posts#comment Sat, 9 May 2009 23:27:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2238247/posts The jailers of the 19th century — even in the pre-Civil War South — largely abandoned the practice of imprisoning people for falling into debt as counterproductive and ultimately barbaric. In the 1970s and ’80s, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed that incarcerating people who can’t pay fines because of poverty violates the U.S. Constitution. Apparently, though, some states and county jails never got the memo. Welcome to the debtors’ prisons of the 21st century. “Edwina Nowlin, a poor Michigan resident, was ordered to reimburse a juvenile detention center $104 a month for holding her 16-year-old son,” the New York Times... Dissidentvoice http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2238247/posts#comment Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:38:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2226620/posts "The fact that Olbermann lashes into Obama is the best thing I have seen in weeks. If the mainstream media turns on the anointed one, Obama, then the liberals in this country will have nowhere to turn. They will certainly not go groveling back to the GOP who hosed them just months prior. And given that they gave the crown to the anointed one in their own party, it will be difficult for them to find another amongst their ranks to fill the void of Obama." http://politicallore.com/blog/?p=193 Click here for article and [Video] http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2226620/posts#comment Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:33:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2220877/posts Americangrandjury.org " Please take a moment to read this: This website has a specific purpose in mind. AmericanGrandJury.org can HELP YOU if are looking to start, organize and manage a Citizen's Grand Jury. Grand Jury, History, Powershttp://americangrandjury.org/history_power.html Grand Jury Evidence, Rules, Indictmentshttp://americangrandjury.org/grand-jury-evidence-rules-indictments Grand Jury Forms and Etiquettehttp://americangrandjury.org/grand-jury-forms-and-etiquette " Bill of Rights Amendment V " No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war... American Grand Jury http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2220877/posts#comment Thu, 2 Apr 2009 18:31:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2212341/posts No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property... Constitution of the United States, via Populist America et al http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2212341/posts#comment Mon, 23 Mar 2009 01:29:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2176027/posts Slideshow: Oakland Train Station Shooting OAKLAND, Calif. – The transit officer who shot and killed an unarmed man may have mistakenly pulled his service pistol instead of a stun gun, his lawyer said Friday. YAHOO NEWS! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2176027/posts#comment Sun, 1 Feb 2009 04:20:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064288/posts To nearly every question she was asked, Barbara Jessop gave the same answer: "I stand on the Fifth." "Can you name the children you have given birth to?" Texas Child Protective Services attorney Jeff Schmidt asked her during a contentious custody hearing here on Monday. "I stand on the Fifth," she replied stoically. "What dates did you live at the YFZ Ranch?" "I stand on the Fifth." "Is it wrong for a girl under 17 to marry a man more than 21 years older than she is?" "I stand on the Fifth." Child Protective Services is seeking to remove seven... Deseret News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064288/posts#comment Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:09:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044573/posts Local toll road activist Terri Hall, the Spring Branch home schooling mom who's campaign against toll roads made her WOAI's San Antonian of the Year for 2007,. is taking her populist campaign nationwide. Hall is among the speakers for Saturday's 'Freedom March,' in Washington DC, organized by supporters of former Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, and designed to keep alive his message of smaller government and vigilance against encroaching government power. "They wanted someone to speak about the Trans Texas Corridor, and what's happening here, and the eminent domain abuses, and how all these toll roads are tied to corporate... WOAI radio http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044573/posts#comment Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:28:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043060/posts WASHINGTON — More than two and a half years after the disclosure of President’s Bush’s domestic eavesdropping program set off a furious national debate, the Senate gave final approval on Wednesday afternoon to broadening the government’s spy powers and providing legal immunity for the phone companies that took part in the wiretapping program. The plan, approved by a vote of 69 to 28, marked one of Mr. Bush’s most hard-won legislative victories in a Democratic-led Congress where he has had little success of late. And it represented a stinging defeat for opponents on the left who had urged Democratic leaders... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043060/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jul 2008 20:05:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040056/posts Holiday DUI suspects risk forced blood test Court's OK likely if breath exam is refused Wednesday, July 2, 2008 9:35 PM By Kathy Lynn Gray THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Suspected drunken drivers won't be able to "just say no" to blood-alcohol tests in Columbus over the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Police have set up a "no-refusal weekend," meaning that anyone who refuses to take a breath-analysis test will face a blood test instead, courtesy of two local judges on call to sign warrants. Officers will take suspects to a local hospital to await the warrant and the blood draw. Ohio... The Columbus Dispatch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040056/posts#comment Thu, 3 Jul 2008 02:00:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018185/posts The U.S. Supreme Court created a huge political backlash when it ruled that local governments could use eminent domain to seize private property and transfer it to other private owners for "economic development." Since the Kelo ruling in 2005, 42 states have enacted limitations on eminent domain — not always effective ones. But like lawmakers in many other states, some California officials are trying to block real eminent domain reform. On June 3, Californians will vote on Proposition 99, a ballot initiative sponsored by groups representing cities, counties, redevelopment agencies and other pro-condemnation interests. It purports to protect property rights... The Cato Institute http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018185/posts#comment Mon, 19 May 2008 18:03:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980376/posts REFUGIO, Texas - With an abandoned Wild West-vintage town of storefronts slumbering just a block from old US 77, tiny Refugio is a place where myth and reality coexist in a ghostly silence. more stories like this Obama faces heat over aide's NAFTA remarks to Canadians Texas, Ohio could decide Dem nomination Canada says didn't misrepresent Obama over NAFTA McCain tags Dems on trade treaty NAFTA seen differently in Ohio, Texas And now this South Texas outpost is swept up in one of the more intriguing tests of myth vs. reality in today's political life: the battle over the so-called... The Boston Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980376/posts#comment Tue, 4 Mar 2008 21:28:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1976216/posts One major concern I discussed a few weeks ago regarding the Trans Texas Corridor is where the land will come from. Another concern is where the money will come from. Official government websites for the TTC assure that public-private partnerships will shield the taxpayer from bearing too much of the cost burden, but a careful reading shows the door is definitely open to public funding sources, while at the same time there is no doubt of the intention to charge tolls on the road. Taxpayers already pay for their transportation system through hefty gasoline taxes, vehicle registration fees, and other... Gather.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1976216/posts#comment Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:18:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1961672/posts BELLVILLE — In what is becoming a regular occurrence in Southeast Texas, more than 1,000 Austin County residents and interested outsiders jammed a county fairgrounds exhibit hall Monday night to let a panel of state transportation officials know that the Trans-Texas Corridor was not welcome here. State Rep. Lois Kolkhorst, R-Brenham, opened the public remarks to thunderous applause when she told the panel, "You all thought I was crazy in Austin when I said my people don't want it and I don't want it." The panel, which included Texas Department of Transportation Executive Director Amadeo Saenz and Deputy Executive Director... Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1961672/posts#comment Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:50:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1960556/posts WEST COLUMBIA — When private property gets in the way of a road project, its owners will be moving out of the way, one way or another, in almost every case. With a widening of Highway 36 on the horizon and state and federal officials ready to drive the Trans-Texas Corridor through the Lone Star State, many land-owning Texans are preparing to defend their property from their own government. Brazoria County residents troubled by the looming eminent domain fights came to the Gulf Coast Christian Center on Saturday morning to voice their views to Tom Lizardo, chief of staff for... The Facts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1960556/posts#comment Mon, 28 Jan 2008 02:47:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1960153/posts Austin County residents get their chance Monday to comment on a massive “superhighway” that could be coming through their county. And if the public meeting in Bellville is anything like those already held by the Texas Department of Transportation, it will include hundreds of angry property owners lining up for a chance to lambast the proposed project, called the Trans Texas Corridor. Gov. Rick Perry first proposed the TTC six years ago. If completed as much as 50 years from now, it would roughly parallel interstate highways with up to a quarter-mile-wide stretch of toll roads, rail lines, pipelines and... Brenham Banner-Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1960153/posts#comment Sun, 27 Jan 2008 02:39:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1955829/posts Hundreds showed up to a town hall meeting Thursday night in Lufkin, many with questions for Texas Department of Transportation officials about the I-69/Trans-Texas Corridor that could run through or around Lufkin, Nacogdoches, Huntsville and other East Texas towns. As it's drawn up, I-69/TTC would include toll roads, high-speed freight and commuter rail, water lines, oil and gas pipelines, electric transmission lines and telecommunications infrastructure in one corridor running north/south through Texas. One primary purpose of the corridor would be to help with the state's projected traffic congestion. Although TxDOT directors assured everyone that nothing is set in stone and... Lufkin Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1955829/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:51:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1955513/posts CARTHAGE — James Mason doesn't want a new highway cutting him off from his property. James Boggs wants to keep American jobs here. They were just a sample of about 140 residents who asked, commented and listened during a public forum with state transportation leaders Wednesday night in Carthage. It was the second of several forums scheduled along the Interstate 69/Trans-Texas Corridor, a proposed superhighway that likely will parallel U.S. 59 from Texarkana to the Mexican border. "We haven't done a very good job of (communicating) in the past," said Steve Simmons, deputy executive director of Texas Department of Transportation.... Longview News-Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1955513/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:42:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1917658/posts During this year's legislative session, Texas had an "oh, wait, hold on, don't do that" moment on privately funded tollways. Fair enough, but now it's time to figure out what the state should do, including how to pay for what the state's highway czar calls a $100 billion shortfall in money needed for essential highway projects. Ric Williamson, the Weatherford businessman who is chairman of the Texas Transportation Commission, says "the entire future of the state transportation system" depends on potential revenue from private toll road investors. Without it, staffers with the Texas Department of Transportation told commission members at... Fort Worth Star-Telegram http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1917658/posts#comment Sun, 28 Oct 2007 22:20:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1894199/posts GREENVILLE, S.C. - Republican presidential contender Fred Thompson said Monday that while Osama bin Laden needs to be caught and killed, the terrorist mastermind would get the due process of law. Yahoo News/ The Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1894199/posts#comment Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:02:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1852420/posts LUBBOCK, Texas — One Central Texas farmer said Monday he was "dumbfounded" by Gov. Rick Perry's veto of an eminent domain bill designed to protect landowners when the state wants to take their property. Robert Fleming is not alone in an area worried about the massive Trans Texas Corridor proposal. The planned route cuts through Fleming's Bell County farms. He's bewildered by Perry's veto. "We were so close to getting something done," Fleming said. "We've worked hard trying to get private property rights." Perry vetoed the bill, and 48 others, Friday. In 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Kelo... Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1852420/posts#comment Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:18:03 GMT