I just read this article on www.prisonplanet.tv. It’s unbelieveable to know that a Nazi nightmare society is nearly here. It’s probably time to pack up the family and get the heck out of Texas!
Steve Watson
Infowars.net
Wednesday, Nov 12, 2008
The Texas Department of Public Safety Commission wants to set up statewide driver’s license checkpoints and has requested a ruling on their legality.
The agency wants the checkpoints to enable authorities to stop motorists and ask them to prove they are legal U.S. residents.
The checkpoints would be staffed by state troopers or local police who would have the power to review drivers’ licenses, vehicle registrations and proof of insurance.
AP reports that State Senator Leticia Van de Putte (D-San Antonio) and 14 other Texas lawmakers have penned a letter to Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott demanding that he ignore the Department of Public Safety Commission’s request claiming it is irrelevant because no DPS checkpoint program has been authorized by the state, a regulation that has been in place since 1994.
The lawmakers also say such a move would constitute unauthorized immigration policymaking.
Following a 1979 Supreme Court ruling, it is considered unconstitutional to conduct random traffic stops to check driver’s licenses without reasonable suspicion. However, road blocks and spot checks have increasingly been used by police.
Regular driver checkpoints have increasingly come under scrutiny elsewhere across the country with some judges ruling them unconstitutional and illegal. Lawmakers have also challenged checkpoints and introduced bills to outlaw them. Rep. Charlene Lima, of Cranston, who sponsored a 2005 bill, said the checkpoints violate people’s civil rights, and “smack of a police state.” The American Civil Liberties Union also opposes checkpoints.
The U.S. Constitution states that police cannot stop someone and conduct an investigation unless there are “articulable facts”. Within the language of the 4th Amendment driver checkpoints constitute a “seizure”.
A more sinister aspect of driver checkpoints has been the move by police in recent years toward taking blood and saliva samples rather than employing breath tests, which can be challenged. As this report from the Wall Street journal explains:
“In the past, police routinely asked suspected drunk drivers to blow into devices that extrapolated their blood’s alcohol content from their breath. Now, authorities in most states are taking blood, by force if necessary.
Laws in at least seven states allow police to take blood without the driver’s consent, without explicitly authorizing force. In most other states, court rulings have authorized reasonable force to obtain blood. Many such rulings cite a little-known fact about driving laws in the U.S.: All motorists are considered to have consented to a search of their blood, breath or urine. Such “implied consent” laws were introduced in New York in 1953, and today all 50 states and the District of Columbia have them.”
In other instances police have been caught putting signs up warning drivers of upcoming checkpoints where in fact there are none and then detaining and searching drivers who make illegal u-turns or desperately fling contraband from their vehicles.
Now Texas officials, including the Governor Rick Perry, who also supports the checkpoints, want to have the legal right to force motorists to prove they are U.S. residents.
It is now the norm to consider everybody equally likely to be guilty of something than innocent. This is proactive policing, not preventative or reactive policing. And the worrying thing is that this kind of policing is more widely indicative of a society that is NOT free.
The 4th amendment was specifically created to protect the American people against this type of arbitrary enforcement activity by over-reaching agencies. It would seem however that a modern day ‘writ of assistance’ is being operated by law enforcement officials.
Far from increasing the security of the country, these checkpoints serve as little more than obedience training for the burgeoning American police state.
If you encounter a checkpoint you should ask the personnel there if they are officers of the law, whether you are being detained or not and if they have probable cause. If the answer to one of these questions is no then there is no lawful right to stop you.
Filed under: Chuck Baldwin, current events, Election 2008, Iraq, politics, The Constitution Party, Uncategorized | Tags: Chuck Baldwin, Election 2008, The Constitution Party
Why settle for the lesser of two Evils when you can vote for Chuck Baldwin? Go to www.baldwin2008.com to learn more about a Presidential Candidate that is really for change. It’s sad that restoring the United States Constitution is considered a radical idea. Chuck Baldwin and Ron Paul were the only true liberty candidates in the 2008 Presidential election. It’s been exciting to support anti-war, pro-life, pro-constitution, fiscal conservatives. Do you know how hard it is to find someone who is not a total hypocrite on the life issue? Many Republicans who claim to be pro-life support preemptive war. They claim to care about life and the unborn while condoning the murder of innocent women and children in Iraq. They call for sanctions to be put on countries. Sanctions that cause innocent children to starve to death. Many Democrats oppose the war in Iraq and value the soldiers lives but support murdering millions of unborn babies here in the United States. It’s total hypocrisy.
Most Republicans and many Democrats supported the Patriot Act and the Military Commissions act putting our Constitutional rights in jeopardy. The two parties have so much in common now I can hardly tell the difference. They both want to spend us into oblivion increasing our national debt. They have no intention of aboloshing the income tax and federal reserve system. One party wants more war. One wants more welfare and higher taxes. How about no more wars, phasing out entitlements, restoring our Constitutional rights, letting the American people keep more of their own money, and getting the Federal Goverment out of every aspect of our lives? That sounds like a good plan to me.
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A friend of mine was recently fired from her job for talking about politics in the break room. One of her co-workers was offended by free speech and reported her to human resources. She was fired approximately two weeks later. How outrageous! I am so disgusted. It’s so sick that you can lose your job because some jerk doesn’t like what you say and decides to “report” you. Who the hell do these people think they are? What is really sick is that she was talking about bringing our troops home from Iraq. It’s quite possible that the tattle tale is one of the idiots who actually thinks our troops are there to “protect” our rights. If you believe that then let us use our rights and don’t let them fight in vain!
When did discussing our political views become so taboo? During the revolutionary times all everyone did was discuss politics and news. They debated with each other in the streets and had lively discussions with their neighbors. Now we have to be “politically” correct all the time. We aren’t supposed to discuss anything serious without the risk of offending someone. We can discuss football, NASCAR, fashion, or any other mindless topic. How dare anyone think for themselves or have an opinion. The last time I checked the war in Iraq had about a 30 percent approval rating.
When did we become incapable of dealing with our own problems? This was a situation where the person could have said “hey I don’t like what you are saying do you mind talking in a softer voice so I can’t hear you”. Or they could have simply ignored it all together and minded their own business. It is so sad to know that someone can cause another person to lose their job for speaking their mind on their own personal time.
The company did not have to handle the situation in this manner either. They could have told the tattle tale employee that this is a free country and we have a 1st amendment that says we have free speech. If you don’t like it too bad!
What can you expect from a society where people call CPS on their neighbors for leaving their kids in the car when they check their mail? I wish people would to mind their own business and stop reporting people for over harmless incidents instead of acting like mindless idiots. You are helping destroy our society and one day will regret your foolish actions.
