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Secure in your papers and affects means that they can't just go rifling through them. But if I have a bag in my car, and cops want to search it for drugs or we
by x86_64Ubuntu 6y ago
Secure in your papers and affects means that they can't just go rifling through them. But if I have a bag in my car, and cops want to search it for drugs or weapons, then that's okay. So we've passed the point of the 4th having any legitimate meaning.
- mindslight 6y agoMost of the rights spelled out in the Bill of Rights have been effectively nullified. At this point they're better seen as test cases for when we need a revolution, rather than functional law.