Showing posts with label warrantless search. Show all posts
Showing posts with label warrantless search. Show all posts
Andrew Napolitano: The Spies Who Ruin Us
The Fourth Amendment has numerous virtues. In an effort to draw attention away from the intelligence failures that permitted the attacks of 9/11 and create the impression that it was doing something — anything — to avoid a repeat, the federal government tampered seriously with freedoms expressly guaranteed in the Constitution. ... MORE
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Constitution,
government,
probable cause,
snooping,
spying,
surveillance,
warrantless search
Anthony L. Fisher: France Cracks Down On Civil Liberties
Warrantless raids, house arrests and more. Last Friday, France's parliament overwhelmingly passed a three-month extension of the national state of emergency, granting broad powers to law enforcement and significantly curtailing civil liberties. The Guardian summarizes some of the new security measures: Expanded powers to immediately ... MORE
Ed Krayweski: Man Slams The Door On Cops Who Had No Warrant, Then Cops Break His Door Down And Kill Him
More from the American gestapo. An unknown number of sheriff's deputies showed up at the trailer where John Livingston and Clayton Carroll lived at 3:30 a.m., looking for someone as part of an unspecified "assault investigation." The cops were apparently told the person they were looking for no longer lived there. According to Carroll, ... MORE
How Law Enforcement Can Track Your Every Move
by Jana Winter. The recent expansion of Google’s Timeline feature can provide investigators unprecedented access to users’ location history data, allowing them in many cases to track a person’s every move over the course of years, according to a report recently circulated to law enforcement. “The personal privacy implications are pretty clear ... MORE
IRS Possessed Stingray Cellphone Surveillance Gear - Why?
by Nicky Woolf and William Green. 13th federal agency to use secretive dragnet! The Internal Revenue Service is the latest in a growing list of US federal agencies known to have possessed the sophisticated cellphone dragnet equipment known as Stingray, according to documents obtained by the Guardian. Invoices obtained following a request ... MORE
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cell phones,
government,
IRS,
overreach,
police state,
privacy,
surveillance,
warrantless search
Charles P. Pierce: The Senate's New 'Give The NSA All Your Private Information' Bill Would Make George Orwell Blush
Scare tactics push big government agenda forward. While nobody was watching, the Senate a couple of days ago passed
something called the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA), which
passed at least partly because if you say "Cyber warfare,
boogedy-boogedy!" around nervous legislators these days, they'll pass a
bill agreeing to ... MORE
Proof The System Is Broken Beyond A Reasonable Doubt
by Carlos Miller. Serving the public like Colonel Sanders serves chicken. Juley Harris pulled into a Maryland gas station last December with his family and pumped some gas before stepping into the station’s convenience store and heating up a pizza. When he stepped out, a Charles County sheriff’s deputy was demanding his identification, ... MORE
Joseph Farah: 3 Reasons You Can't Trust Washington
Love your country, but never trust your gov't - Bob Novak. Far too many Americans have come to the conclusion that only the federal government can solve problems. The Democrats all believe it. Lots of Republican politicians accept it. For the news media, it’s an article of faith. But America was founded on the notion that powerful ... MORE
From Free Country To Police State: Cal Mayor Forced To Give Up Electronics And Passwords To SFO Airport Gestapo
by Nathan Mattise. Just a routine warrantless search. Stockton, California Mayor Anthony R. Silva attended a recent mayor's conference in China, but his return trip took a bit longer than usual. At the San Francisco International Airport (SFO) this week, agents with the Department of Homeland Security detained Silva and confiscated his personal ... MORE
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airport,
harassment,
police state,
suspicion,
transportation,
travel,
TSA,
warrantless search
Police State America: NJ Supreme Court Overrules Fourth Amendment - No Warrants Necessary To Search Vehicles
by Joe Gullo. Why citizens need to understand jury nullification. New Jersey Supreme Court ruling will allow police to search a vehicle without a warrant. According to the ruling, warrantless searches of vehicles can only be done when police have probable cause to believe the vehicle contains contraband or evidence and the circumstances give rise to ... MORE
Conservatives Do Not Understand The 4th Amendment Is A Protection From Big Government And That's A Big Problem!
by Mark J. Fitzgibbons. Kelley Beaucar Vlahos at Fox News does a great job reporting on use of "administrative subpoenas" for warrantless searches of medical records. American Thinker reported on this story back on July 20 ("Feds Get the Power to Seize Medical Records on 'Fishing Expedition' Investigations with No Subpoena from a Judge") with ... MORE
DEA Blasted For No-Warrant Searches Of Patient Records
by Kelley Beaucar Vlahos. More evidence the government is not us. Drug Enforcement Administration agents have been accessing personal medical files without a warrant, generating a backlash from doctors and privacy advocates who say the practice is intrusive and unconstitutional -- and have taken the agency to court. “It’s just not right,” ... MORE
Even In The Age Of Medical Marijuana, Court Rules Smell Of Pot Can Be Used As Pretense For Warrantless Search
by Tom Barlas. A New Jersey’s man attempt to use the state’s medical marijuana law to overturn a criminal conviction went up in smoke this week. A state appeals court ruled Tuesday that the smell of marijuana can still be used by law enforcement as the grounds for a warrantless search. The appeals court rejected George A. Meyer’s argument that ... MORE
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drug war,
law enforcement,
police,
police state,
probable cause,
tactics,
warrantless search
Henry Austin: North Dakota Becomes The First American State To Legalize Deployment Of Armed Drones By Police
The state gets a new toy. Armed drones could be used by police in the US state of North Dakota after local lawmakers legalized their use. While they will be limited to “less than lethal” weapons, tear gas, tasers, rubber bullets and pepper spray could all be used in theory by the remote controlled flying machines. In a classic case of unintended ... MORE
Chris Christie Has No Problem With Warrantless Searches
by Aaron Morrison. Thinks arbitrary stop and frisk is good idea. If Chris Christie were to run and win a mayoral election in New York
City, he would bring back a racially discriminatory police strategy that
current Mayor Bill de Blasio did away with two years. Christie, who is
governor of New Jersey, told the hosts of MSNBC’s Morning Joe
talk show ... MORE
Mark Meckler: The Overarmed And Dangerous Police State
More guns than brains makes for a bad combo. Imagine waking up at 5:30 a.m. in your third-floor apartment to a SWAT team raiding your family with guns drawn. You’re barely clothed, but you immediately grab your seven-year-old and 18-month-old daughters. You begin praying, hoping that everything will be okay and you will all survive. ... MORE
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brutality,
government,
intimidation,
police,
police state,
SWAT,
tactics,
warrantless search
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