Posted on 08/25/2017 5:27:32 AM PDT by bitt
A MAJOR RED FLAG WAS BURIED IN THE TEXT OF A BILL WITH A SEEMINGLY HARMLESS TITLE. (TFTP) A bill that will allow homes to be searched without a warrant was passed with overwhelming support by the United States Congress, and signed into law by President Trumpand it happened with no media coverage and very little fanfare.
On the surface, House Joint Resolution 76 looks harmless. The title of the bill claims that its purpose is Granting the consent and approval of Congress for the Commonwealth of Virginia, the State of Maryland, and the District of Columbia to enter into a compact relating to the establishment of the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission.
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Well said. Cudos. :)
1) This may be more like a municipal utility which has a right to enter your property for reading meters or repairing their lines/equipment once theyve determined the need, and given notice. That is not a 4th Amendment search which requires a reasonable expectation of privacy (REP). Normally the meters/equipment are in an area that does not have a REP.
2) This is limited to premises adjacent to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority system
3) If necessary, courts will have to confine this law to within constitutional limits of probable cause and precedent that requires a warrant for house searches except for exigent circumstances or consent.
That is unconstitutional as hell. It will be struck down on the first complaint with standing. Congress has lost it’way Surely it will not renew that portion on homeland security that allows warrantless searches of every Americans communications. They look like dear in the head light on that. Just standing in the road.
Would be nice if President Trump were to veto the bill, but the bastards probably tied to some critical bill.
Does this mean the Constitution is merely a lease, or did you mean to say "tenets?"
Hope that’s all it is. But slippery slope. Utilities this week, next week who knows.
- Courts.
- We the People through our elected state and federal officials
- The States themselves rejecting and nullifying unconstitutional federal acts
- Other federal branches calling out and rejecting unconstitutional federal acts. Examples:
the executive branch notifying Congress of why legislation is unconstitutional and refusing to act on it;Congress beginning impeachment process if the executive branch continues to act unconstitutionally;
the judicial branch (SCOTUS) constitutionally striking down an unconstitutional act or law of Congress but that would be limited to only the case at hand because SCOTUS does not constitutionally make national law. It would be up to Congress to change or repeal the law.
PING!!!
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Thanks, bitt
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