Roadblocks and Checkpoints

“I live in a state where they are illegal.”

What state are you referring to?

41 posted on 05/17/2009 1:00:45 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (January 20, 2013.....the day Sarah Palin takes the oath of office and our national nightmare ends!)

To: july4thfreedomfoundation

What state are you referring to?

Washington. There are 11 states which do not allow checkpoints either by statute or their constitution. Washington does not allow by constitution.

42 posted on 05/17/2009 1:43:11 PM PDT by microgood

You may think you are a Supreme Court Justice, but I doubt it. They have the final say on what is Constitutional and what is not, not you or me.

A right which they confered upon themselves. But even Rehnquist in his Michigan ruling on sobriety checkpoints acknowledged it was a 4th Amendment violation, but that they were going to grant an exemption to the constitution (another right they conferred upon themselves) because we needed to catch drunk drivers, and that sobriety checkpoints are effective (which, it turns out are not nearly as effective as roving patrols).

If they have a warrant, but any person with an ounce of sense would know they would never be able to do this once a week.

Why would they need a warrant if you have nothing to hide?

I may not have died, but I did spend four years protecting our freedoms.

Thank you for your service.

One freedom I cherish is being able to live in a safe city. Law enforcement is needed to keep it safe. If a roadblock gets drunk drivers or illegal drivers or other criminals off the streets and makes it a safer place it is all right by me.

Not me. The freedom I cherish is to go where I please without being stopped, harrassed, and intimidated by government officials without cause. If I am speeding or breaking the law, then fine. Otherwise, leave me alone.

43 posted on 05/17/2009 1:52:55 PM PDT by microgood

To: guildnavigator

This is a direct result of political correctness. We are all targeted because police cannot “make hay where the sun is shinning”. PC is taking away our rights. It is the left’s main mechanism. Free speech has been limited by it. Freedom of religion has also. Our safety is also compromised thanks to PC.

44 posted on 05/17/2009 2:27:53 PM PDT by rsobin

I know that. My comment was directed at the pols making the decisions.I have no problem with the “cops on the beat”.

45 posted on 05/17/2009 5:43:38 PM PDT by philetus (Keep doing what you always do and you'll keep getting what you always get.)

46 posted on 05/18/2009 5:34:42 AM PDT by Hulka

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