Bill of Rights – Security Edition
Sacrificing Essential Liberty for Safety… One Card at a Time
Posted by deancameron on May 17, 2011 under Freedom Fighters, U.S. Constitution, Unreasonable Search?, USA PATRIOT ACT | 
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The fine folks at Downsize DC are literally on a mission to repeal this awful thing: https://secure.downsizedc.org/etp/campaigns/129. Write a letter. Save the future.
Posted by deancameron on May 16, 2011 under U.S. Constitution, Unreasonable Search?, You're kidding me! | Be the First to Comment
The Indiana Supremes are under the impression that the police can go into your home at any time. How utterly fascinating is that?
INDIANAPOLIS | Overturning a common law dating back to the English Magna Carta of 1215, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Hoosiers have no right to resist unlawful police entry into their homes.
In a 3-2 decision, Justice Steven David writing for the court said if a police officer wants to enter a home for any reason or no reason at all, a homeowner cannot do anything to block the officer’s entry.
“We believe … a right to resist an unlawful police entry into a home is against public policy and is incompatible with modern Fourth Amendment jurisprudence,” David said. “We also find that allowing resistance unnecessarily escalates the level of violence and therefore the risk of injuries to all parties involved without preventing the arrest.”
David said a person arrested following an unlawful entry by police still can be released on bail and has plenty of opportunities to protest the illegal entry through the court system.
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