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To: Sabramerican

Oh, for crying out loud....
Use your head. What most basic of Constitutional rights is being trod upon when a policeman asks to look in my briefcase? It happens at stadiums, it happens at courthouses, it happens in airports.
Adults need to stop being such whiney babies. We're setting a bad example for the children.


145 posted on 07/22/2005 11:48:06 AM PDT by RedRover
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To: RedRover
What most basic of Constitutional rights is being trod upon when a policeman asks to look in my briefcase?

Amendment IV

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

154 posted on 07/22/2005 11:50:07 AM PDT by AdamSelene235 (Truth has become so rare and precious she is always attended to by a bodyguard of lies.)
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To: RedRover
What most basic of Constitutional rights is being trod upon when a policeman asks to look in my briefcase?

None at all, if all he does is ask. Then you can say "No" and go on about your business. If you can't say "No" and go on about your business, then your right to be secure in your person and your effects has just been shot in the head.

194 posted on 07/22/2005 11:59:54 AM PDT by Oberon (What does it take to make government shrink?)
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