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Unfortunately the only way around this is to donate to the ACLU and have every single case thrown out no matter how egregious until the police learn their lesso
by remote_phone 7y ago
Unfortunately the only way around this is to donate to the ACLU and have every single case thrown out no matter how egregious until the police learn their lesson.
- BurningFrog 7y agoI used to donate to ACLU when they were a pure civil liberties organization. Now that they're a leftist/social justice group I have nowhere to donate.
- nothingtos33 7y agoSame here. Last I checked the 2nd amendment was still a right.
- iso947 7y agoWhich militia are you in?
- kls 7y agoTLDR; 1700's English (Latin origin words) was closer to their true Latin definitions. You realize that the term regulated is different than governed or ruled. The closest approximation for regulated would be to supply in a measured fashion or a pattern which follows a rule. It is from the Latin Regula. A SCUBA regulator does not rule you, it supplies, in measured order, breathable air, which your lungs survival depends on the supply by the regulator. You need armed men to supply a militia or army. Regulated does not imply government run or even being associated with a militia it implies having armed men available should the militia (we had no standing army at that time) need them. for reference: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
- giancarlostoro 7y agoThis also has the side benefit that even with our more organized military of today, if invaders were all over US soil, the citizens could rise up as one unified militia as well to protect the country. Not something I ever hear anybody discuss much, but absolutely nothing is going to stop citizens from protecting themselves if a war breaks out in US soil.
- captainredbeard 7y agoThe 2nd amendment is better interpreted using this modern translation: Regulated armies aside, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
- nickthemagicman 7y agoGay Marriage, Citizens United, Whistleblower protections, Encryption, Net Neutrality, warrantless surveillance... It's actually hard to think of an issue where Republicans have been on the right side of protecting Civil liberties in recent history other than gun control. Are the ACLU leftists or are leftists the ones protecting civil liberties? Sort of a chicken and the egg situation.
- toxik 7y agoHow about actually standing up to China and not just talking about it? Let go of the partisanship please.
- nickthemagicman 7y agoWhat does China have to do with American civil liberties?
- SamReidHughes 7y agoThe ACLU and "Republicans" were on the same side of Citizens United.
- nickthemagicman 7y agoDo you know what Citizens United is? Where do you get your information?
- remote_phone 7y agoObama was absolutely against gay marriage for both elections, and extended Bush’s policies, he didn’t retract them when he had the opportunity.
- nickthemagicman 7y agoSources?
- raxxorrax 7y agoThe police has absolutely no influence on the situation in almost all western countries. It is a legislative error that enables them. And it is a consequential result if policy makers increased all forms of state control since some decades, especially regarding surveillance.
- curryst 7y agoI'm curious how this doesn't qualify as wiretapping if they can read the calls without a warrant. Does that make it legal for anyone to operate a StingRay? If it does, another option would be malicious compliance. Have anyone who's interested run their own StingRay and collect information on Law Enforcement and government representatives. I think the laws around it would change very quickly if you leveraged the loophole against the government.