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Passengers Have Rights Too

June 19, 2007 B. John 208 Views 0 Comments Fourth Amendment, Justice David Souter, supreme court, Yuba City

Bruce Brendlin was arrested in 2001 for drug possession after a car in which he was a passenger was stopped by Yuba City police. The State had conceded there was no basis for the original vehicle stop, so Brendlin had argued that the drug evidence should be suppressed. The Associated Press is reporting that the Supreme Court has ruled that passengers in automobiles have the same Constitutional protections from illegal searches.

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Waiting For The Black Helicopters

September 30, 2006September 29, 2018 B. John 492 Views cheney, Code of Military Justice, Detainees, First Amendment, Fourth Amendment, Geneva conventions, Gonzales, Habeas corpus, Hamdan, Hamdi, Magna Carta, Rumsfeld, supreme court, Terrorism, Terrorists, torture

Buried amongst the untold affronts to the Bill of Rights, the Constitution and the very spirit of America, the torture bill contains a definition of “wrongfully aiding the enemy” which labels all American citizens who breach their “allegiance” to President Bush and the actions of his government as terrorists subject to possible arrest, torture and conviction in front of a military tribunal.