farglebargle
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Joined: 6/15/2005 From: Albany, NY Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: farglebargle "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." What is MEANS is that the Government *may under very specific and limited circumstances* examine your person, house, papers and effects. They need a warrant, issued after a court establishes PROBABLE CAUSE THAT THE TARGET OF THE WARRANT COMMITTED THE ALLEGED CRIME. Since I do not see the PERMISSION TO CONDUCT BLANKET SURVEILLANCE, it is not a lawfully delegated constitutional authority. Do YOU see that permission delegated? I do not see permission to conduct traffic analysis ( pen registers ). Do YOU see that permission delegated? No? Then it doesn't exist. QED. Lying about it doesn't make it true FB. There is no requirement in the words above that a warrant must be obtained for any and every search, only that if a warrant is issued, it will meet cetain requirements. 'If' does not mean 'must', which is where your misstatement falls apart. Where is the Constitutional Text authorizing searches and seizures outside of the context of the 4th Amendment. The 4th Amendment is the ONLY TEXT authorizing them, and it CLEARLY requires PROBABLE CAUSE to be established before any warrant is issued. quote:
And I'll leave it up to you to explain how you came to the conclusion that "...secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures..." means 'secure from any surveillance of anything, even outside of their houses in plain view in a public place'. Because THOSE are the ONLY CONDITIONS when any sort of search is permitted. WHERE IS THE TEXT AUTHORIZING WHAT YOU ALLEGE TO BE THE CASE? quote:
As far as being forbidden to do anything not specifically enumerated in the Consitution, I'm sure you have rationalized the coefficient clause in the same bizarre manner as you have mangled the rest of the document. That only applies to delegated authority. You cannot use that to magically expand the duly authorized powers ( and the clear reservation of EVERYTHING ELSE via the 9th and 10th Amendments. quote:
Bottom line, is that the Consitution has given to someone else, not you, the power to decide what it means, and how to implement it. It doesn't need any decision of what it means. IT SAYS EXACTLY WHAT IT MEANS. The feds MUST OBEY IT. Period.
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