Notes from the Resistance
“I’m a [r]ealtor, I can show my badge—I can show my ID; give me a chance to show my ID,” Salem allegedly said repeatedly, according to the ruling. [More]
Nah, it’s more fun to terrorize you and take you hostage without probable cause.”Officer safety” is what this country is all about, you know.
[Via Edmund M]
The Second Circuit has ruled that a Connecticut police officer is not entitled to qualified immunity after handcuffing, detaining, and conducting a warrantless search on the plaintiff’s car because they “presented a facially valid firearms permit and disclosed that he possessed a firearm pursuant to the permit” [More]
Pity there’s no way to send Nicholas Andrzejewski my regards…
[Via CP]
The decision, first announced by the Institute for Justice, means that Tennessee wildlife officers will no longer be allowed to access private lands unless they have explicit permission of the landowner, or have obtained a court-ordered search warrant. [More]
Damn Constitution takes all the fun out of being a JBF (Jackbooted Fudd)…
[Via Michael G]
The U.S. Postal Service has shared information from thousands of Americans’ letters and packages with law enforcement every year for the past decade, conveying the names, addresses and other details from the outside of boxes and envelopes without requiring a court order. [More]
Kinda seems like expecting privacy in that situation is hardly realistic. But it’s something to keep in mind if you’re one of the usual suspects…
Maybe when buying mail order items of interest, “gift” them to a pseudonym…?
[Via bondmen]
Xi Jinping’s Recipe for Total Control: An Army of Eyes and Ears [More]
At least the impulse is “bipartisan”…
Gun owners in the Golden State weren’t deprived of their Second Amendment nor privacy rights because the state only shares minimal biographical information with two research colleges, a Ninth Circuit panel found on Wednesday. [More]
Which will then be used by “The Hero of Medicine” to give cover for infringements to reach into all of their purchases, records, homes, safes…
[Via bondmen]
Senators push for quick action on FISA before surveillance authority lapses [More]
Hurry! We need it NOW!
What? “Include a warrant requirement for federal agencies to search U.S. citizens’ data”…?
No. Do it our way or we let the whole thing “go dark.”
Besides, we don’t negotiate with terrorists.
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Here are the 117 GOP Jihadis who have declared their unholy war against the Constitution and the American people [More]
I also blame those who didn’t vote.
Way to take fire out of bellies before the election, Vichycons…
FBI Agents Captured on Video During Home Visit Admit They Spend ‘Every Day, All Day Long’ Interrogating Americans About Their Social Media Posts [More]
If they show up at your door, remember the rule.
[Via Michael G]
NYC to test gun detecting systems in subways amid security push [More]
And if they can have them there, why not Everywhere, in Everytown? If you don’t have to respect the Second Amendment, what’s to keep you from trampling on the Fourth?
After all, it’s for the greater good.
My first thought was of ways criminals and terrorists will defeat this, starting with preferential embedded assets.
[Via Jess]
Today, President Biden will issue an Executive Order to protect Americans’ sensitive personal data from exploitation by countries of concern. [More]
What if the U.S. is the country of concern?
[Via WiscoDave]
Pennsylvania Police Settle Lawsuit With Woman Forced to Undergo ‘Humiliating’ Strip-Search [More]
They ought to carry a collapsible pole in their trunk, and plenty of dollar bills…. maybe play a club mix over the PA…
Or “The Weight of the Badge“…
[Via Michael G]
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is initiating Project Tyr, an effort in its infancy to employ Amazon’s artificial intelligence-driven Rekognition cloud service to identify firearms—among other things—and the people associated with them. [More]
They figure we know their intentions well enough by now to where they don’t need to add the “ant” at the end.
[Via Andy M]
Aidan Johnston, Gun Owners of America’s director of federal affairs, told POLITICO the group “is closely tracking the FISA loophole allowing federal law enforcement to buy lists of gun owners and concealed carry permit holders without a warrant or regard for the Second and Fourth Amendments.” [More]
The oath-breakers are bound and determined to build that confiscation database.
[Via Dan Gifford]
The FBI violated the Fourth Amendment when its agents rifled through the contents of more than 700 safe-deposit boxes in the aftermath of a March 2021 raid, a panel of federal appeals court judges ruled unanimously on Tuesday. [More]
And the reason every damn one of those oath-breaking, jackbooted fascists isn’t behind bars…?
[Via Michael G]
Here, it just seems that the court is either creeped out by dogs sniffing butts or particularly protective of the embarrassment of body odor. [More]
I’m creeped out by anyone presuming authority to do that to me. And I’m further creeped out by the ones who give their dogs secret cue signals.
[Via Michael G]
The Second Amendment Foundation has filed a federal lawsuit in California challenging that state’s law requiring firearms dealers to video record all transactions, calling it a violation of First, Second, Fourth, Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. [More]
What’s that saying about 1984 being an instruction manual…?
Democrats are literally totalitarians.
