Posts Tagged ‘Fourth Amendment’

Furor over new Colorado law giving Secret Service agents police powers continues

Saturday, 06 April 2013 16:51 Written by Bob Adelmann 0 Comments

Just imagine the furor that will erupt if and when a Secret Service agent actually uses his firearm to forcibly arrest a sheriff who refuses to enforce one of Colorado’s unenforceable and unconstitutional laws. If he fires his weapon, all bets are off.

Today is the 71st anniversary of California’s illegal incarceration of Japanese

Monday, 01 April 2013 11:00 Written by Bob Adelmann 0 Comments

Few will notice or celebrate this anniversary. Under the cover of war, FDR trampled the rights of Americans, shipping them to and locking them up in concentration camps for years.

Hypocrisy from the NRA

Monday, 25 March 2013 06:55 Written by Bob Adelmann 0 Comments

That’s the trouble with a “single issue” advocacy group.

Another Judge Rules National Security Letters (NSLs) are Unconstitutional

Saturday, 16 March 2013 17:11 Written by Bob Adelmann 0 Comments

It’s too soon to rejoice. But that time is coming.

US District Judge Susan Illston rules in our favor!

Saturday, 16 March 2013 15:00 Written by Bob Adelmann 0 Comments

A whiff of fresh air. I could get used to this. Thank you, Judge.

BATFE Empowered to Override the Constitution

Saturday, 27 October 2012 13:39 Written by Bob Adelmann 1 Comment

The Justice Department under Obama is no friend of the Second Amendment. It has just issued, on its own authority, a new rule allowing the BATFE (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) to help themselves to your guns without a warrant. As Nita Chei, a writer at the Washington Times, explains: The Obama administration [...]

Where Did the Tea Party Republicans Go?

Wednesday, 19 September 2012 19:02 Written by Bob Adelmann 1 Comment

Wired - House Approves Sweeping, Warrantless Electronic Spy Powers The House on Wednesday reauthorized for five years broad electronic eavesdropping powers that legalized and expanded the George W. Bush administration’s warrantless wiretapping program. Where are the Tea Party Republicans on this one? This re-authorization of a law that should never have been passed in the first [...]

Tossing the Fourth Amendment Under the Cell Phone Tracking Bus

Saturday, 18 August 2012 09:16 Written by Bob Adelmann 1 Comment

Paul Lilly: Appeals Court Empowers Police to Track Suspects by Cell Phone Sans Warrant Privacy advocates aren’t going to like this one, but a 2-1 ruling in the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has given law enforcement officials the legal right to track suspects by cell phone in real-time without first [...]

Big Brother is Watching Everyone Doing Everything

Saturday, 11 August 2012 22:57 Written by Bob Adelmann 0 Comments

Judge Andrew Napolitano: Gazillions Gazillions. That’s the number of times the federal government has spied on Americans since 9/11 through the use of drones, legal search warrants, illegal search warrants, federal agent-written search warrants and just plain government spying. This is bad enough. And it confirms what we conspiratorialists (yep, that’s me!) have been saying [...]

Senate Defeats Cybersecurity Act, No Thanks to Colorado

Wednesday, 08 August 2012 11:00 Written by Bob Adelmann 0 Comments

Electronic Frontier Foundation: Victory Over Cyber Spying This morning [Thursday, August 2nd], the US Senate defeated the Cybersecurity Act of 2012, a bill that would have given companies new rights to monitor our private communications and pass that data to the government. The bill sponsors were 8 votes short of the 60 votes necessary to end [...]