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Except there are a lot of instances where they do waive your rights, at least as much as agreeing to park. TSA and searches come to mind. Though the language of
by finder83 7y ago
Except there are a lot of instances where they do waive your rights, at least as much as agreeing to park. TSA and searches come to mind. Though the language of the second amendment is debatable, there are a lot of "gun free" zones (not to mention how difficult it is to buy a gun in a place like New Jersey). You don't have freedom of speech in many circumstances, such as in the courtroom when a judge bars you from speaking. Prison is another example where basically every right is removed...or school.
Speedy and public trial is regularly a falsehood, particularly in some jurisdictions (NYC for example). That right is removed because it's inconvenient for the government/budget.
Excessive fines too could be debated, particularly given the state of parking and impound fines being the same across all income levels.
There are reasons for each of those, but it does seem that the government can choose to remove any right they want to in specific circumstances.
- penagwin 7y agoTo be fair, the moment words "safety" or "terrorism" is involved most our current system goes to complete crap. There's plenty of exemptions in written laws for those phrases, not to mention the mentality of judges/juries and lawmakers with those phrases. EDIT: I better add this, not against laws for safety, but thigns like the Patriot Act or the TSA (and how they fail to actually find contraband) are examples where things have gone to far "in the name of security" and they either provide little additional benefit (TSA) or IMO violate rights (Patriot Act).