The Fourth Amendment

Neo-Cons love to talk about fighting to keep America free. They loves them a good war - and they loves them some "second amendment" talk - the freedom to keep and bear arms. Gotta have guns to shoot up the bad guys (and your family and friends).

BUT - in this "war on terror," just exactly when did we give up the REST of our amendments? First, I'd like to point to the "fourth amendment."

Amendment IV
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.

Then I'd like to point to some recent actions by Homeland Security as pointed out in a post at the J-Walk Blog...

Apr 23, 2008 1:27 PM
Advances In Law Enforcement
from The J-Walk Blog

Customs agents at U.S. airports don't need any evidence of wrongdoing to search the contents of passengers' laptop computers, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. Although police need probable cause - specific evidence of criminal activity - to search someone on the street, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that no such evidence is necessary for a border search. Courts have also ruled that an international airport is the equivalent of a border.

That is all.