Supreme Court Trashes Constitution

The government is now free to break its own laws and you get to suffer for it. No this is not some lame conspiracy theory, this is now Supreme Court fact.

It now seems that the government can arrest you, and search you and your possessions even if that arrest was illegal. Let me tell you how bad this is and will be.

I will be very simplistic here so don't get yourself all in a twist because of what I use for an example. Read the greater moral of this tale.

Lets say you are jay-walking. Yes I said jay-walking. Many of you may not know what jay-walking is. It is when you cross the street at other than a crosswalk or corner. All major cities have jay-walking laws on the books although very few people are ever issued a ticket for doing such a thing.

This kind of law was instituted to help protect pedestrians and car drivers when the auto was first coming into its own. Jay-walking is a ticket and a fine. Nothing more than that.

Now lets say a police officer decides he is going to arrest you. Jay-walking is not an arrestable offense but the officer puts you in handcuffs. Now that arrest really is not legal in his state because it is a ticket offense not an arrest offense.

This cop now has the authority to fully search you and your belongings. If you jay-walk from your car, he can now search your car. What is worse is that any evidence that he gathers during this illegal arrest can be used against you in a court of law and any conviction that comes from it will stand.

Now you might be saying this is against the fourth Amendment to the Constitution and you would be right. In fact some of our Supreme Court Justices seemed to think this may be the case but they voted to allow such a thing to take place.

This full story came from Yahoo! News. It is very disturbing indeed. It now puts us on the path to an official police state. I am sure this is something that will get very little play in the media but every citizen should take note of this story.

You and your family are now in danger of being arrested for offenses that are not arrestable simply because now the police have free reign over you to do what they want. They can conduct and illegal arrest and still convict you on evidence that is illegally gathered.

This is a direct attack on your freedom and liberty. And yes, sad to say, the Bush Administration was fully behind in defending the state on their illegal arrest and search and conviction. What is next allowing illegally gathered evidence in a lawful arrest because the police were only after the truth?

Even though the Supreme Court has ruled on this issue, this cannot stand. It looks like we may have to enact laws that prevent the state from doing what the Constitution says it can't do in the first place. How sad. And our liberty and freedom suffers for it.

Immigration A Positional Paper

Immigration

Immigration is a huge problem in our country. For good reason too. First let me say that I am NOT against Immigration We are all either immigrants or descendants of immigrants. Including the Native American people of which I am one.

The USA is a beacon of hope around the world. We stand for truth, justice, a better way of life. In short America stands for opportunity and just about everyone on this planet knows that. This is why we have people from nearly every nation on earth living within our borders. We are a great melting pot. We give those who are willing to work hard and smart the chance at a better life and even get rich.

I truly believe that America is humanity's last hope for freedom and survival. We enjoy freedoms here than many around the world can only dream about when they go to sleep at night. We enjoy such freedoms and opportunity that some people will try to subvert the very nation they wish to live and grow within.

I'm talking about illegal immigration. It is a huge problem we have and it must be stopped. We have laws on the books that take care of this so new laws or reform is not needed. What is needed is the enforcement of the laws already on the books. What we don't need is more laws that complicate things even more and we don't need more laws that won't be enforced.

We have ways for people to enter our nation legally. We have many ways. We have many ways in which people can legally stay in our country. We have ways of helping those who truly need it such as political asylum. However, we cannot help the entire world.

I have heard it estimated that some 2 billion of the worlds population would attempt to immigrate to the USA if they had a means to do so. Lets just say that number is high. Lets say only 25 percent of that 2 billion is the correct number. That means some 500 million people would like to call the USA home if they had the means to do so.

We obviously could not handle such an influx of humans in our country. If this number is correct and people wait for years for an opportunity to get here, why should we allow illegals to come here? Why should we reward illegals with benefits such as Social Security and education? Why should we not enforce the laws we have and punish those who come illegally and then why not reward those who enter legally?

Illegal immigration is not a good thing for our nation and the argument about cheap labor does not justify the breaking of our nations laws and codes. Besides there are plenty of people who come here legally who would want such jobs that illegals take. There are plenty of people who come here legally who would be happy to contribute to our society. Illegals to NOT contribute to a law abiding society. They take from it. They steal from it. They rape it.

We need to close the borders, track down and throw out all 12 million illegals and punish those who harbor or help these people. Then maybe we can increase the number of legal immigrants to our nation. After all, the USA likes to tout itself as a nation of laws. If this is the case then why not enforce those laws that were put in place to protect her and her citizens?