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Don't forget the fourth: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall
by aqme28 12y ago
Don't forget the fourth:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, 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.
I don't get how this is still considered constitutional.
- Gustomaximus 12y agoI agree with you, but people readily throw out common sense for exact definition over the wider sense of a clause. In this case I'm sure the word 'unreasonable' can be twisted to where-ever people gaining advantage through want should they continue to face limited resistance.
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- baddox 12y agoThere's very little incentive for the people who get to decide how the Consititution is interpreted to adopt interpretations that favor individual rights (or even broader social benefit) over state power.
- javert 12y agoThe people who ultimately get to decide that are the Supreme Court justices. They aren't incentivized to act in any particular way, except in accordance with their own philosophical values. That's why they are appointed for life.
- baddox 12y agoThey are chosen and vetted by people with such incentives.
- smt88 12y agoThey're chosen with the hope that their beliefs aren't going to change. That doesn't happen. Justices will tend to become more liberal over time [1]. 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideological_leanings_of_U.S._Supreme_Court_justices http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideological_leanings_of_U.S._Su...
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- kirsebaer 12y agoDrug War hysteria. We are finally waking up from this nightmare.
- a3n 12y agoDrug war hysteria may have given us this wave of robbery, but it's sustained by law enforcement's realization that they can, and (IMO) by political unwillingness to raise money for operations through legitimate taxation. "Read my lips, we're taking your car." Q: Why does a cop take your car? A: Because he can.