On the road to a police state
06/17/05
Section 215 of the new Patriot Act destroys fundamental parts of our Constitution. Under Section 215, there no longer needs to be probable cause for a search. Under Section 215, the searchers no longer need a search warrant, to be delivered up to the person being searched. Under Section 215, judicial review of requests for search warrants is reduced to a mockery. The judge is only entitled to determine if the applicant is a government agent. Meaningful judicial review of the grounds for the search is eliminated. Under Section 215, requests for a search warrant may be based in part on an assertion that someone has exercised their Constitutional rights under the First Amendment...
http://www.libertyforall.net/2005/june26/Police-State.html
from Liberty For All, by George Phillies
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Section 215 of the new Patriot Act destroys fundamental parts of our Constitution. Under Section 215, there no longer needs to be probable cause for a search. Under Section 215, the searchers no longer need a search warrant, to be delivered up to the person being searched. Under Section 215, judicial review of requests for search warrants is reduced to a mockery. The judge is only entitled to determine if the applicant is a government agent. Meaningful judicial review of the grounds for the search is eliminated. Under Section 215, requests for a search warrant may be based in part on an assertion that someone has exercised their Constitutional rights under the First Amendment...
http://www.libertyforall.net/2005/june26/Police-State.html
from Liberty For All, by George Phillies
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Starmail - 17. Jun, 10:15
