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Raid seizes whisteblower records of reporter
Seems she , and her husband was alleged to have an unregistered firearm. Curiously, a Dept of Homeland Security agent participated in the raid.
Sounds like they forgot that part of the Fourth Amendment that says the warrant must particularly describe the property to be seized...
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I hope that there will be a massive lawsuit as a result of the governments actions.
Roger
Forgot the 4th? Ever since Marshall pulled his incorrect Barron out of the darkness, the 4th hasn't actually applied, at least not the REAL 4th. Incorporation didn't give us the 4th. It gave us some moth-eaten, holey version that the courts created from nothing. The 4th is explicit. The 4th requires ALL searches to be made with a warrant that specifies who and what. And the 4th does not grant the power to burst in in the middle of the night guns ablazing. The 4th allows for a proper and orderly system. And as per Ex Parte Milligan, the 4th and every other part can never be suspended from ANY reason.
It matters not that we are dealing with bad people. In the earlier days, there were people who were just as bad as any today. But then from 1833 until the mid1900s the cops weren't bound by any such restrictions as the 4th because out idiotic courts couldn't understand supreme law of the land.
It isn't just the current government. The very first Congress, made up of 2/3 federalists, began chipping away at the Constitution in order to "correct" all the things the federalists had to give up during the Convention. The reason people seem to think it's the current government is because of a level of ignorance about the real history of the Union called the United States.
FWC has it
There is not a warrant written in the last 100 years that can pass the clear language of the 4th amendment.
Maryland has no explicit registration requirement for firearms except for regulated firearms (handguns and some rifles). And then only for those acquired while a Maryland resident. Effective 10/01, certain rifles are now required to be registered when brought into the state but not a crime to possess them. Handguns are grandfathered in.
But there is no violation of the law in Maryland for having an "unregistered firearm". It's not a crime in this state unless the firearm was regulated and acquired out-of-state in violation of Maryland law.
So I am very curious as to why this was grounds for a search warrant.
Seems she had published and planned on publishing articles critical of TSA, and her husband...
It seems with the current government, the constitution doesn't mean a hill of beans.