Posted on 08/08/2017 8:05:28 AM PDT by MtnClimber
An awful ruling for pet owners has come from a federal court, in a ruling by U.S. District Court Judge George Caram Steeh. But the threat is not just to Fido and Fluffy, because, as anyone familiar with how precedent becomes corrupted knows, the ruling will be cited and abused far beyond its original, flawed bases.
C.J. Ciaramella writes about this ruling at Reason Magazine, in “Federal Judge Rules Unlicensed Dogs Aren't Protected By Fourth Amendment.” In deciding an unlicensed dog is “contraband” not protected by the Fourth Amendment, the ruling confuses government “licenses” with “title,” i.e., private ownership and possession. The ruling will eventually be cited in cases involving property other than dogs and other unlicensed activity in our overly license-happy statist society.
The crocodile tears shed by the judge for dog owners, however, will be particularly disdained. Quoting the judge’s written opinion Ciaramella writes:
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
“Oh, you don’t have a LICENSE for that ____________ ! Well, we’ll just CONFISCATE THAT CONTRABAND!”..............
Fill in the blank:
1. CASH
2. FIREARM
3. VALUABLE ANTIQUE
4. PRECIOUS METAL (GOLD, SILVER, PLATINUM, Etc.)
5. ALL OF THE ABOVE.................
Arena Active Protection Armour for pets?
Truth is always stranger than fiction. I refer you to Monty Python’s “Cat Licence”:
“The man said that their vans could detect a purr at forty yards, and Eric being such a happy cat was a piece of cake!”
;^)
Judge is 1997 Bubba appointee.
I wonder if Bubba consulted with socks and Buddy on this one.
Eff the State.
You are correct.
Yes, the government has been trying that, sometimes successfully, on those items for years.
If at first you don’t succeed................
Coming soon to a child near you...
I don’t see any license for them to have blood....
I’m a real nice guy, but my over-standard Doberman has, since he was a puppy, displayed his likes and dislikes of a peculiar array of folks. Anyone in my beloved’s family, whether in diapers or jeans, gets his affections. In a crowd, if a person in military uniform is seen, he yaps a hello and that Dobie smile. Anybody else, of any persuasion, he lets them know ... ‘don’t start none, won’t be none’. And to think, he is a ‘red and cream’, not the most common of colors, either.
You can safely count me out trying to beak into your abode!
:)
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