Thursday, January 12, 2006

4th Amendment to the Constitution in peril
















Y’all need to pay very close attention to this one. The United States Supreme Court is going to decide if the 4th Amendment to the Constitution, the one that prohibits illegal search and seizure and guarantees the rights of Citizens to be ‘safe in their homes’, is null and void:

“…The fourth amendment states that, "the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated." It also notes that warrants shall only be issued once authorities have established "probable cause" and described the people, places, and things to be searched and seized…”

U.S. Supreme Court to Decide if Police Can Barge in Unannounced
by Haider Rizvi

“NEW YORK - Forget the ongoing privacy debate over U.S. government spying on telephone conversations--soon you may not have the right to tell cops to wait until you open your door.

In a case involving a private citizen and police authorities of the Midwestern state of Michigan, a team of civil rights lawyers appeared before the Supreme Court this week to challenge the police practice of storming into homes to look for whatever they want as evidence of a crime…”

Published on Thursday, January 12, 2006 by OneWorld. net

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