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Subject: Re: 4th Amendment decision Author: michael [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 11:25:34 07/17/06 Mon In reply to: Katy 's message, "4th Amendment decision" on 11:10:52 06/16/06 Fri No knock warrants have been in use long before this ruling. Previous court rulings have allowed them because knocking on drug dealer's doors and announcing the presence of the cops will give the residents time to run, ditch the contraband or arm themselves. The question we should be asking in response to rulings like this one is: Do we really want a Constitutional system of government? My answer is absolutely yes. Other folks however, will equivocate when they realize what that means. If you don't like the federal government trashing the Constitution in regard to the 4th Amendment then you should also be against them trashing it in regard to the 1st, 2nd, 5th, 9th and 10th as well. The McCain/Feingold act restricted political speech in direct contradiction of the First Amendment and every law Congress has passed exempting religion from taxation, restricting prayer in school or any religious expression anywhere is also in direct contradiction to the First Amendment. There are more than 20 thousand laws on the books that infringe the Right to keep and bear arms that the Second Amendment says shall not be infringed. The Fourth Amendment hasn't been in force in any effective way since the beginning of the "War on Drugs", because there are so many court granted exceptions to it for the convenience and safety of the "authorities". In order to correct the damage to the Ninth and Tenth Amendments the federal government would have to discontinue about 95 percent of its current activities including but not limited to the Department of Education, the FDA, the DEA, the BATFE, the NEA and the FCC. The chance of the U.S. returning to a truly Constitutional government are slim in any case because we haven't had such a government since about 1865. I'm glad more people are realizing that we have a problem with the federal government but if you think it started with GWB you're about 140 years behind the curve. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]