Wednesday, December 7, 2011

The Fourth Amendment

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.

The government cannot take your stuff and use it against you unless they have a good reason to.  They also have to know what it is they are taking and a general idea of where those things to be taken are.  Only then will they be issued a warrant to pursue those things to use against you.


In this frightening video a man has his 4th amendment rights stripped from him in the interest of the many.  Here we have a Sheriff and a representative of the state board of health who wants to search his property for goods that may affect people outside of the domain of the man who is filming them.  So although this man knows his stuff the government reserves the right to suspend his rights in the interest of the public.

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