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Real0ne -> RE: Stifling the voice of concerned citizens (5/6/2015 9:25:00 PM)
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ORIGINAL: FelineRanger
It worked to great effect when President Clinton was investigated ad nauseum to the tune of $60 million. Since then both sides of the aisle have gone down that path. So why not lather, rinse, and repeat?
Fr that is not what is at stake here.
This is not about gub infighting, like the clinton ordeal.
This is about the gub harrassing citizens and private parties.
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The Petitioners are political activists who brought suit to enforce their First Amendment rights after they were targeted for abuse and intimidation by a rogue district attorney’s office in its long running investigation of Governor Scott Walker, his associates, and supporters of his policies. In retaliation for supporting Walker’s controversial reforms limiting collective bargaining rights for public sector workers, conservative activists across the state were subjected to home raids, everything but the kitchen sink subpoenas demanding internal communications and membership information, and other intimidation all as part of a secret investigation into conduct that a state court held isn’t even regulated by Wisconsin law. The purpose of these actions was to silence Walker’s supporters. It worked, to devastating effect.
Coming to the theater near us soon: The return of the 'brownshirts'!
Gubmint has become so corrupt and transparent.
Hey! ....and the class 1 cities are even worse!
Its presumed by people that they have a full basket of rights protected by the state, however nothing could be farther from the truth. Your rights are protected through antiquity and stare decis, (at least to the extent of what has not been destroyed by statism) If you look at this case they are trying to close a loopholes in previous scotus rulings to prevent the state from continuing to violate the rights of citizens in this manner.
The problem with rights in this country is that the operative reality is that the states will not recognize any right that they are not forced to affirmatively recognize by a supreme court gun pointed at their pocket books, and even then they will still violate them if considered important enough (money; if the payoff is greater than payout) and try to win those cases through legalese wrangling and word manipulation in favor of the state. Not the 'people' who are member stockholders within said boundaries! This is all calculated and works to accomplish their mission(s) during the long delay period between the committed act and the sometimes years before it can be processed through the courts. Any wonder there is are so many new anarchists created every day?
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