4th amendment

296 – Spying on American Gun Owners Act

Benjamin Franklin said:

“They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security.”

Yet with the promise of keeping us safe from “gun violence”, “violent extremists”, and “domestic terrorists”, Congress wants you to give up your essential liberty to be free from unreasonable searches. H.R. 5764 is the first step to a writ of assistance against anyone who buys or sells firearms. This has been done before, so why shouldn’t Congress think they can get away with it again?

287 – Privacy vs Government Interest

Most Americans believe they have a right to privacy. Many Americans want governments to protect them from “bad actors”. What happens when our right to privacy collides with our desire for government to protect us? A recent Supreme Court case out of California involves the question of how far government can go to protect us. Specifically, is it necessary for governments to collect data about citizens in order to find criminals? As William Pitt (the Younger) said “Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.” While this case deals with California law, we should be asking bigger question. Does “government interest” trump our rights and the Constitutions of our states and the United States?

262 – Constitutional Exceptions

A recent case argued before the Supreme Court revolved around what is called the “community caretaker exception” to the Fourth Amendment. This is an excellent example of how constitutional law, which is nothing more than the opinion of judges, is being used to circumvent the Constituiton of the United States.

253 – Congressional Speech Police

Did you hear about the representatives who pressured cable providers to stop hosting news outlets they don’t like? No, that isn’t the straight line to a joke, it’s real life. And if we aren’t careful, it’s free speech in America that will become a joke.

111 – Knowing Our Rights

In all the discussion about the violations of gun rights, many of our other civil rights are being violated. Is it that we don’t know what are rights are or are we missing for forest for the trees.

089 – Pondering the Recent Mass Murders

With the all to expected reaction to the recent mass murders, I think it’s time we started a discussion that is both frank and calm about the state of our society and how we react to it. We’ll ponder this next, on The Constitution Study.

076 – “Show Me” Nullification – Part 2

Last week I covered Missouri’s 2nd Amendment Protection act. Today, I’m going to review their 2nd act of nullification, the 4th Amendment protection act, next on the Constitution Study. https://constitutionstudy.com/2019/05/17/show-me-nullification-part-2/ https://constitutionstudy.com/2019/05/10/show-me-nullification/ https://constitutionstudy.com/2018/07/23/carpenter-v-united-states/

055 – Another Federal Attempt to Bribe States to Enact Red Flag Laws

Here’s another example of Washington treating the states like colonies. Before you go blaming Democrats, this one was proposed by a Republican, Marco Rubio. They may be euphemistically called “grants”, but they are better described as bribes. And these bribes will be used to encourage states to violate the rights of their citizens. Find out…