[Via Dan Gifford]
Category: Fourth Amendment
We’re the Only Ones Rummaging Enough
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]
We’re the Only Ones Nosing Around Enough
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]
Big Brother is Watching You
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.
Thinking Outside the Dox
Inextricably Bound
Gun owners are America’s fastest-growing criminal class. One state after another is enacting “Show us the gun and we’ll find the crime” laws. Judges and politicians are justifying mass disarmament in the name of “freedom from fear” — as if no one will be safe until government controls every trigger. Federal agencies consider all 20+ million marijuana users who own firearms to be felons (unless their last name is Biden). Presidents Donald Trump and Joe Biden both retroactively outlawed widely-owned firearm accessories, creating new legions of potential jailbirds. At the same time many federal agencies are stockpiling automatic weapons, Biden calls for banning semiautomatic pistols and rifles owned by 50 million Americans. [More]
And as you can see from the other Intolerable Acts presented, it’s not just about RKBA.
That’s the problem with the “single issue” cop-out. Because those doing it know damn well it’s not about guns, it’s about freedom.
[Via bondmen]
Hey, If You’re Not Doing Anything Wrong…
House Speaker Mike Johnson has delayed a vote on two bills relating to FISA Section 702 extension and reform, making it likely that the unconstitutional Section 702 will be renewed without change until April 2024. [More]
Well, that didn’t take long.
So… friend of my enemy, right…?
[Via bondmen]
In the Spirit of Bipartisanship
The Modified FISA-702 Reauthorization Bill (HR 6611) Has Passed the House – The Changes Have Expanded Federal Surveillance of Americans [More]
Thanks, Stupid Party!
You’ve made an avowed enemy very happy!
[Via bondmen]
Appeals Court Rules California Can Continue Doxing Gun Owners to Agenda ‘Researchers’
That “misuse” can be deliberate by activists gone wild or due to lax/incompetent security protocols. And it’s not like sensitive and supposedly secure government systems at the highest levels can’t be breached and hacked by anyone, from cyber criminals to foreign enemies. It’s not like names, addresses, and lists don’t have real-world street value, and it would be just like the prohibitionists to have their efforts actually increase violence and its incentives. [More]
Why do you need privacy if you’re not doing anything wrong?
Back this Blue?
Attorneys representing the Second Amendment Foundation and its partners in a challenge to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s effort to conduct warrantless searches and seizures from licensed firearms retailers in the county have filed a brief in response to objections by the defendants, in support of an application for summary relief. [More]
The Immunity Syndrome
When Matthew sued the judge for these egregious violations of constitutional rights, Goldston argued that she could not be sued even if she had violated the Constitution by invoking judicial immunity. [More]
Making people you persecute believe they have no legal recourse seems like an invitation to try it another way.
[Via Michael G]
We’re the Only Ones Virtually Groping Enough
We’re the Only Ones Fishing Enough
Like geofence warrants, keyword warrants cast a dragnet that require a provider to search its entire reserve of user data—in this case, queries by one billion Google users. Police generally have no identified suspects; instead, the sole basis for the warrant is the officer’s hunch that the suspect might have searched for something in some way related to the crime. [More]
Ah, the old Inspector Clouseau theory of policing…
So what happens if you use Duck Duck Go?
[Via Michael G]
We’re the Only Ones Improbable Enough
Eighth Circuit Says Cops Can Come With Probable Cause For An Arrest AFTER They’ve Already Arrested Someone [More]
Now that we’ve broken in and found all this evidence, getting a search warrant should be a cinch!
It’s no surprise whose side the Eight Circuit is on.
[Via Michael G]
A Double-Oxymoron
The feds called the manufacturer of his Liberty Gun Safe and got the passcode to get into it too. [More]
There’s a discussion going on at AR15.com.
They’re taking a beating on Twit…uh…X.
The company says there was an exculpatory warrant that explains its action.
That doesn’t explain why there was a “back door,” and why that’s a surprise to so many.
[Via WiscoDave]
We’re the Only Ones Gamey Enough
It’s no secret that game wardens wield exceptional authority, but what happens when they abuse their power and use it to trample gun owners’ 4A rights? One such instance recently occurred with game wardens violating a gun owner’s 4A rights on their own property. [Watch]
Acton’s Law in action…
Well, it’s not like THEY work for YOU…
[Via Jess]
SAF Legal Updates
We’re the Only Ones ‘Ready or Not, Here We Come’ Enough
It’s Not Like the Bill of Rights was Meant for the People…
The ruling is major for many reasons, including that the government tried to claim that charter boat fishing is a “closely-regulated industry” to which the Fourth Amendment does not apply. [More]
Ah, the Scarborough Doctrine of authorized free speech exercisers…
And don’t forget Hogg’s Resurrected Postulate…
[Via Michael G]
Under Consideration
David M. Greco, Petitioner v. Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General of New Jersey, et al… Dec 28 2022 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/13/2023. [More]
This is a FOURTH AMENDMENT challenge to New Jersey’s “red flag” law based on unconstitutional search and seizure…
[Via Jess]
We’re the Only Ones Off the Cuff Enough
Our Own Domestic Stasi
All of this leaves us with an FBI out of control and run by a director who has been credibly accused of misleading Congress while under oath — a felony — and whose agents have been credibly accused of conspiracy to engage in computer hacking — also a felony. [More]
So when do the frog marches begin?
Never?
We’re the enemy?
[Via bondmen]
What Stare Decisis Says the Founders Must Have Meant
We’re the Only Ones Detained Enough
The indictment says Woodrow Massa, 66, participated in the arrest and detention of two people “despite the absence of an arrest warrant or probable cause,” denying the individuals their Constitutional right from unreasonable seizure. [More]
Not so fun on the other side of the table, is it, Woody? It must be pretty ironic knowing your only hope is if your captors violate the law worse than you did…
[Via bondmen]
The Real Story
“But the real story here isn’t that I am seeking to change my name, but that a process that is supposed to protect and shield those in danger was undermined and sealed information was released to the right wing media within hours of my filing… [More]
The real story here is anyone who thinks the government has their privacy interests at heart is delusional.
Welcome to our world, lefty.
[Via Remarks]
Neither Snow nor Rain nor the Bill of Rights…
U.S. Postal Service caught tracking mail of 2nd Amendment advocates [More]
And here I thought that red flag on my mailbox meant “outbound”…
Supes to Big Brother: Hold Our Beer
“In a 7-4 vote on Tuesday, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors agreed to test Mayor London Breed’s controversial plan to overhaul the city’s surveillance practices, which will allow police to access private security cameras in real time.” [More]
I’m surprised that’s not challengeable on privacy grounds and also as a kind of unfunded mandate since the government doesn’t share in the costs.
[Via Andy M]
We’re the Only Ones Blood-Letting Enough
We’re the Only Ones Foggy Enough
Police have used “Fog Reveal” to search hundreds of billions of records from 250 million mobile devices, and harnessed the data to create location analyses known among law enforcement as “patterns of life,” according to thousands of pages of records about the company. [More]
Add that to this and welcome to Surveillance Nation!
Hey, if you’re not doing anything wrong, you shouldn’t have anything to hide. Besides, what could go wrong?
Funny, how the economic fascist profiteers behind this keep a personal low profile… The VA State Corporation Commission wasn’t any help either.
[Via Jess]
Suveillance Nation
The country’s largest wireless carriers not only know where you are every time you make a phone call or use your data connection, but they routinely hold onto that location information for months and in some cases years, providing it to law enforcement whether you like it or not, according to carrier letters made public last week by the Federal Communications Commission. [More]
Maybe that’s why they call them “cell” phones…
In a Constitutional system, you could make a case for Fourth AND Fifth Amendment violations without looking too hard. Then again, why should rulers who trample the Second with impunity worry about that?
