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Showing posts with label Fourth Amendment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fourth Amendment. Show all posts
When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn. (Proverbs 29:2)
WATERTOWN, MA —
On Friday, April 19, 2013, during a manhunt for a bombing suspect,
police and federal agents spent the day storm-trooping people's homes and
performing illegal searches and seizures.
Thousands of law-abiding citizens' unalienable rights were infringed upon, an entire town held under siege, by one 19-year-old man who was suspected of terror. I submit that the real terror was inflicted by the gestapo-like tactics of the federalized law enforcement, the armed enforcers of tyranny.
While it was unclear initially if the home
searches were voluntary, it is now crystal clear that they were
absolutely NOT voluntary. Police were filmed ripping people from their
homes at gunpoint, marching the residents out with their hands raised in
submission, and then storming the homes to perform their illegal
searches. Guilty until proven innocent.
This was part of a larger operation that involved a total
lock-down of the suburban neighbor to Boston. Roads were barricaded and
vehicle traffic was prohibited. A No-Fly Zone was declared over the
town. People were "ordered" to stay indoors. Businesses were told not to
open. In defiance of Posse Comitatus, armed National Guard soldiers helped with the lock-down, and were
photographed checking IDs of pedestrians on the streets. "Papers, please." All the while,
militarized police were performing these disgusting house-to-house searches.
Most disturbingly of all, were the systematic house-to-house raids
performed throughout the town. SWAT teams swept the streets, raiding
citizens' homes one at a time. Homeowners would answer the door to
officers with guns drawn and would be told to immediately exit the
property with their hands up. Everyone from the homes would be "rescued"
(forcibly removed) and searched as they came out of their homes, men, women and children, often
barefoot and half-dressed.
Police would then enter the property and
begin their illegal searches.
The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which was
adopted as a response to the abuse by the government of the writ of
assistance as a type of general search warrant guarding AGAINST
unreasonable searches and seizures, clearly reads as follows:
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.
No American can ever again say that, "it can't happen here."
It IS happening. Why? Because we have traded our Liberty for Security. We have given over our personal responsibility and entrusted our self-preservation and self-reliance to reprobate minds.
"Suspicion is a virtue as long as its object is the public good, and as
long as it stays within proper bounds. ... Guard with jealous attention
the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel.
Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever
you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined." — Patrick Henry
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"Papers, please." In America? Yes. But, you DO NOT have to comply.
If you're still living in the false reality that the United States of America is a free country, then it's time to wake up and smell the coffee. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have been erecting and manning dozens of illegal Nazi Gestapo-like checkpoints throughout the United States in recent months. Why do I say they are illegal? Because that is what the supreme law of the land, the U.S. Constitution, and innumerable Supreme Court rulings and officially-recognized legal declarations say they are. Before we get any further, watch this video:
Some well-meaning people may say that these drivers are being problematic or rebellious, or that they would just comply with the officials, unless they "had something to hide." Some may say that it's to keep out the illegals. If that were true, then why did the DHS last week release more than 2,000 illegal immigrants who may have been convicted of serious crimes, due to budget cuts? If the checkpoints are in fact to keep out the illegal immigrants, then why do government documents show the Obama administration planned to release roughly 5,000 of them by the end of March? If it were true, then why did the field offices of the agency empowered with the enforcement of America's domestic security report that more than 2,000 immigrants were released in February before intense criticism led to a temporary shutdown of the plan? Why do people of good intent still repeat the false mantra that it is "for our safety"? Because that is what we are expected to think by the very institutions spreading this fallacy. It has been said that the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
The exact same checkpoints that are going up in America went up throughout Germany in February and March of 1933, during the waning years of the free Weimar Republic before the seizure of power by the Nazi state. The same checkpoints were enforced by Joseph Stalin, the de facto leader of the oppressive communist Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953. The same checkpoints were garrisoned by East Germany's Ministry for State Security, commonly known as the Stasi, one of the most effective and repressive intelligence and secret police agencies in the world, from 1950-1989. “Checkpoint Charlie” was the name given by the Western Allies to the well-known Berlin Wall crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War. The same checkpoints are manned by the Ejército Mexicano (Mexican Army) throughout Mexico. It is often said, "If you want to see what a police state looks like, travel through Mexico." The same checkpoints currently overlook the allied positions blocking all access routes into and out of the Demilitarized Zone in the North Korean dictatorship. The same checkpoints are presently manned by military men armed with automatic weapons winding through the late Hugo Chávez's despotic Venezuela. Those who don't know history really are doomed to repeat it. The Fourth Amendment (Amendment IV) to the United States Constitution is the part of the Bill of Rights which guards against unreasonable searches and seizures, along with requiring any warrant to be judicially sanctioned and supported by probable cause. It was adopted as a response to the abuse of the writ of assistance, which is a type of general search warrant, in the American Revolution. Search and seizure (including arrest), according to the Fourth Amendment, should be limited in scope according to specific information supplied to the issuing court, usually by a law enforcement officer, who has sworn by it. The Fourth Amendment applies to the states by way of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution: 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.
Similarly, The Fifth Amendment (Amendment V) to the United States Constitution, protects against abuse of government authority in a legal procedure.
Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution: No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
And as an added bonus, the dotting of the "i" and the crossing of the "t" of Liberty, our founders saw fit to enumerate the ultimate authority of state governments and We the People, to check or resist the tyrannical proclivities of the federal government. The Tenth Amendment embodies the wisdom of checks and balances and makes explicit the idea that the federal government is limited only to the powers granted to it in the Constitution.
Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States (1801-1835) whose court opinions helped lay the basis for American constitutional law, said in the landmark United States Supreme Court case, Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. 137 (1803), “All laws which are repugnant to the Constitution, are null and void." Marbury v. Madison formed the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the United States under Article III of the Constitution. In his speech to the Virginia Ratifying Convention on June 5, 1778, Patrick Henry admonished his colleagues to, “Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined." Lets clear up another common misconception. It is not the Constitution that gives us our rights. No, as the framers of the Constitution unanimously declared, it enumerates what our natural rights are as granted by our creator God. The Bill of Rights and Constitution underscore our rights, highlight them, point them out and effectively add a great big exclamation point after them. The Constitution is the permanent reminder to the federal government of the citizens' unalienable rights of which they cannot rightly infringe upon. As John Adams so poignantly enunciated, “You have rights antecedent to all earthly governments; rights that cannot be repealed or restrained by human laws; rights derived from the Great Lesigislator of the Universe.” Regarding these unconstitutional checkpoints, you DO NOT have to comply with their question's or demands. You DO NOT have to submit to their tyranny. I have written my elected representatives in my home state of Florida to let them know that the I will not comply with the unconstitutional and illegitimate revenue-generating highway checkpoints announced last month by the Florida Highway Patrol. I also let them know that the checkpoints are illegal and repugnant to the Constitution, and are there null and void. Read about it at my blog here. Before you go spouting off the current accepted talking point that "it's for our safety," remember what Benjamin Franklin warned all who fall for this deceptive subversion, “Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” Here are a few other affecting quotations on the matter of preserving liberty, by astute minds:
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber barons cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.” ― C. S. Lewis
“Power-lust is a weed that grows only in the vacant lots of an abandoned mind.” ― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
“Good intentions will always be pleaded for any assumption of power. The Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions. There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters.” ― Daniel Webster
“When the government’s boot is on your throat, whether it is a left boot or a right boot is of no consequence.” ― Gary Lloyd
Lest you absent-mindedly fall for the illusion of the collaborator media that "we're doing just fine," the United States is now recognized globally as one of the most oppressive police states on earth. These illegitimate checkpoints going up around the country are but one of the latest examples of the sickening depths to which our once-free Republic has fallen. The military industrial complex, which President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned us about in his January 17, 1961 farewell address, is transforming our once free nation into a giant prison camp, a police state control grid constructed in the engineered crisis of fighting the never-ending "war on terror". How did it come to this? How did our once-free America turn into a Gestapo of would-be slaves acquiescing to despotism? Why do free men submit to having the private parts of their wives and children groped by uniformed strangers while standing in a line waiting to travel about the country? Why do we allow enforcers of the law, who were once called "peace officers", to unreasonably search and seize our persons, houses, papers and effects without a warrant, and without any reasonable suspicion that we may have committed a crime? Why do we cower and grovel to a government that no longer serves the best interests of the people they represent, and that no longer derives its just powers from the consent of the governed? Why do we pay such a sum of our earnings to a bloated institution that taxes us without representation, and that spends our money with reckless abandon on a system that enslaves us with each passing day? Why do we willingly serve a shadow system that has, as the Declaration of Independence decried, "...erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance"? The answer:
The people don't know their rights!
Nor are the people as a majority willing to stand and fight for their rights. Nor do the majority of them believe that the Constitution is being incrementally eviscerated, and that their rights are assuredly under siege. When one does not know and understand what the blessings of liberty promise, then how can one hold onto them when they are being stripped away? How can we defend the line when we haven't even drawn our line in the sand that shall not be crossed? The late Bill Cooper, investigative journalists, researcher, radio broadcaster and author, said of our rights when asked in an interview where they are, "They're wherever we're willing to draw a line and say 'you cannot come across this line or I'll kill you.' That's where our rights are. If you don't understand that, folks, then it's beyond my capability to explain it to you. They will get away with whatever you let them get away with. And until you draw the line and you're willing to die for what you believe in, they will keep taking and taking and taking and taking, until there is no more left to take. Then, it's all gone, and you're a slave." Bill Cooper was killed on November 5th, 2001 in a S.W.A.T. raid on his ranch in Arizona. The great orator Samuel Adams said, “If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.” If We the People are not even willing to assert our authority granted by our divine creator and resist tyranny, then how will we ever make it as a free people? How will our children and children's children ever know and understand the blessing of liberty? We must not comply. We must resist at all costs, because to comply will make us willing conspirators of our own demise. For all my fellow Bible-believing Christians who defer to Romans 13 in the concerted effort of blind submission to authority, I have also read it. According to the Romans 13 that I've read, a Christian's duty to civil government affirms that submission is altogether limited and that the obey-government-no-matter-what and the divine-right-of-kings arguments are false. These arguments have been used by virtually every tyrant since the ministry of Jesus, including Adolf Hitler, who cited Romans 13 as his favorite Bible passage and used it as an example for the German evangelicals to stand down. This false doctrine is doing more to bring America and the rest of the world into slavery than perhaps any other thing. Holders of this doctrine are creating self-fulfilling prophecies of America's destruction. For more on the true nature of a Christian's duty in submitting to a just authority, read ROMANS 13: The True Meaning of Submission by Timothy Baldwin, J.D. and Dr. Chuck Baldwin. The noted American social reformer and leader of the abolitionist movement, Frederick Douglass, said of acquiescing to tyranny, “Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them, and these will continue till they are resisted with either words or blows, or both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.” What are we quietly willing to submit to? What is the exact measure of injustice and wrong which we will allow to be imposed upon us? What is the level of our endurance against those who oppress us? I like what Thomas Jefferson had to say: "I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man... Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God." Will you submit, or will you resist? I refer you to the document which was enshrined for all future generations of Americans, the Declaration of Independence, which was written as a result of a tyrannical form of government that increasingly became destructive of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness, the unalienable Rights endowed by their Creator, and the necessity of the people to dissolve the political bands which connected them to it:
IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776: But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
Where are you willing to draw a line and say, "you cannot come across this line or I'll kill you"? That line is where your rights are. If you don't understand that, then it is beyond my capability to explain it to you. If you don't understand that, then you and your children are already slaves.
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Yes, you read that right. The Florida Highway Patrol (Troop C: Hillsborough, Pinellas, Polk, Pasco, Hernando, Sumter and Citrus counties) has announced plans to set-up highway checkpoints to target drivers to inspect their drivers license, insurance, and vehicles in February. FHP says the checkpoints will be conducted during daytime hours. This Feb. 2, 2013 ABC Action News article has a list of all affected roads: http://www.abcactionnews.com/dpp/traffic/traffic_news/fhp-announces-daytime-driver-license-vehicle-inspection-checkpoints
The question on every Floridians' mind is: "Is this legal?" The answer is: "No, it is not legal. It is a Policy." Not only does this policy expressly violate Florida statutes, it also violates the Constitution of the State of Florida, and the Constitution of the United States of America. I attached the corresponding text at the bottom of this blog, which lists the three legal precedents violated by this policy. I have advised all of my family and friends to print this information out and keep it in their car in case they are subjected to an unreasonable search and seizure that violates the Rule of Law and their unalienable Rights as enumerated.
"You have Rights antecedent to all earthly governments: Rights, that cannot be repealed or restrained by human laws; Rights, derived from the Great Legislator of the universe." — John Adams “Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.” — Patrick Henry “Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them, and these will continue till they are resisted with either words or blows, or both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.” — Frederick Douglass “Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but a series of oppressions, begun at a distinguished period and pursued unalterably through every change of ministers, too plainly prove a deliberate, systematic plan of reducing a people to slavery.” — Thomas Jefferson "The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the government." — Franklin D. Roosevelt
We the People must defend our rights. Or one day we will wake up having none, and our children and our grandchildren will inherit despotism, and may never know the blessings of Liberty. Death by a thousand cuts, it's called. Incrementalism; creeping normalcy, the way a major change is accepted as the normal situation. But only if it happens slowly, in unnoticed increments, when it would be regarded as objectionable if it took place in a single step or over a short period of time. These are the four reasons why the American people are allowing our Liberty to be overthrown by enemies foreign and domestic:
If you don't know what they mean, please look them up, so that you can avoid falling into their trap.
"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge." (Hosea 4:6)
Government originates and derives its power from the People, and as such exists only with the consent of the governed. When government becomes a self-serving means to its own objectives—when it becomes as George Washington warned, "a dangerous servant and a fearful master,"—it then ceases to be government and becomes a criminal entity serving its own self interest at the expense of the very people it is sworn to represent. At such time the People have an obligation to put aside differences and put down such a criminal tyranny by all necessary means and restore the freedoms of the People and of the Republic as clearly defined in our Constitution, Bill of Rights, The Declaration of Independence, and the Articles of Confederation. Recognize that any law which violates these principles is null and void from inception. The Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison 5 U.S. 137 (1803) ruled that "All laws which are repugnant to the Constitution are null and void." Furthermore, the People have an obligation not only to ignore such laws, but to actively overturn them by any and all means. Those that support such illegal laws, actions, and objectives are guilty of treason, by definition, at the very least, and must be held accountable for their actions. As you know, treason is a crime prohibited by legislation passed by Congress. The United States Code 18 U.S.C. § 2381 states, "whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies… is guilty of treason." Likewise, Presidential executive orders, by their very nature are illegal, treasonous, and are null and void from inception. These revenue-generating highway checkpoints are similarly illegal, are repugnant to Florida Statute Title XXIII, 316.60, the Constitution of the State of Florida, and the the Constitution of the United states, and are therefore null and void from inception. As for our elected representatives in Florida, it is your duty to defend the people of your State from illegal actions by those under your supervision. As a citizen of the United states of America, I am your constituent and I respectfully request that you take immediate action to stop this abuse of civil rights. Represent us! Thank you in advance for honoring your Oath to the Constitution of the State of Florida and the Constitution of the United States of America. "Papers, please."
The 2012 Florida Statutes Title XXIII MOTOR VEHICLES Chapter 316 STATE UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL 316.610 Safety of vehicle; inspection. — It is a violation of this chapter for any person to drive or move, or for the owner or his or her duly authorized representative to cause or knowingly permit to be driven or moved, on any highway any vehicle or combination of vehicles which is in such unsafe condition as to endanger any person or property, or which does not contain those parts or is not at all times equipped with such lamps and other equipment in proper condition and adjustment as required in this chapter, or which is equipped in any manner in violation of this chapter, or for any person to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required under this chapter. (1) Any police officer may at any time, upon reasonable cause to believe that a vehicle is unsafe or not equipped as required by law, or that its equipment is not in proper adjustment or repair, require the driver of the vehicle to stop and submit the vehicle to an inspection and such test with reference thereto as may be appropriate. (2) In the event the vehicle is found to be in unsafe condition or any required part or equipment is not present or is not in proper repair and adjustment, and the continued operation would probably present an unduly hazardous operating condition, the officer may require the vehicle to be immediately repaired or removed from use. However, if continuous operation would not present unduly hazardous operating conditions, that is, in the case of equipment defects such as tailpipes, mufflers, windshield wipers, marginally worn tires, the officer shall give written notice to require proper repair and adjustment of same within 48 hours, excluding Sunday. History. — s. 1, ch. 71-135; s. 1, ch. 76-31; s. 1, ch. 78-112; s. 24, ch. 83-216; s. 7, ch. 83-298; s. 328, ch. 95-148; s. 17, ch. 2003-286. Note. — Former s. 316.285.
Constitution of the State of Florida As revised in 1968 and subsequently amended SECTION 9. Due process. — No person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law, or be twice put in jeopardy for the same offense, or be compelled in any criminal matter to be a witness against oneself. History. — Am. proposed by Constitution Revision Commission, Revision No. 13, 1998, filed with the Secretary of State May 5, 1998; adopted 1998. SECTION 12. Searches and seizures. — The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures, and against the unreasonable interception of private communications by any means, shall not be violated. No warrant shall be issued except upon probable cause, supported by affidavit, particularly describing the place or places to be searched, the person or persons, thing or things to be seized, the communication to be intercepted, and the nature of evidence to be obtained. This right shall be construed in conformity with the 4th Amendment to the United States Constitution, as interpreted by the United States Supreme Court. Articles or information obtained in violation of this right shall not be admissible in evidence if such articles or information would be inadmissible under decisions of the United States Supreme Court construing the 4th Amendment to the United States Constitution. History. — Am. H.J.R. 31-H, 1982; adopted 1982. SECTION 23. Right of privacy. — Every natural person has the right to be let alone and free from governmental intrusion into the person’s private life except as otherwise provided herein. This section shall not be construed to limit the public’s right of access to public records and meetings as provided by law. History. — Added, C.S. for H.J.R. 387, 1980; adopted 1980; Am. proposed by Constitution Revision Commission, Revision No. 13, 1998, filed with the Secretary of State May 5, 1998; adopted 1998.
U.S. Constitution Amendment 4. Search and Seizure 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. Amendment 5. Trial and Punishment, Compensation for Takings No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
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