Well a little bit of my faith just died.

[lucklessone]

Today the Supreme Court with a 5-4 ruling took the first step in removing the 4th amendment. 
You know the one that protects against unreasonable search and seizure, yeah it's hurting right now.
*expletive deleted*!

Comments

[niap_si_efil]

I'd call both endangered but not extinct. It is discouraging when the SC splits along ideological lines like this and makes a 'bad' decision, but given how hard and how many people are fighting through the courts for these rights, I wouldn't call them dead.

[tonberrygrrl]

We pretty well lost our 4th amendment rights when Nixon started his war on drugs.

[lucklessone]

Ironic you mentioned drugs, since it was drug and firearms charges levied against a man arrested without a warrant that the supreme court ruled on.

[shadow016]

Canada, anyone?

Being a part of the "secure" world (if you don't know what I mean, you don't know me enough) I signed most of my rights away years back. I hoped that the rest of the country would still have 4th and 5th amendment coverage, though.

So... time to revert back to a feudal state? Or just change country of citizenship?

[sacra_imbri]

Canada is cold. I suggest taking over a small set of Caribbean islands and declaring them Fredonia.