Well guys & gals have your head on straight in the whole episode. Sure the excuse of the finger is just that an excuse and diversion. Is a federal police force constitutional? Is that sort of commando raid legal? If you agree that it is not legal then the question becomes what are you/we going to do about it? What can we do about it? What have we done about Ruby Ridge/Waco? Can we do something better than gripe? Damn right we can and should. Vote third party come November. Nope, no excuses please. Republicans and democrats in elected office have not honored their oath in my lifetime (66 years) and there is no rational reason to believe they will change.
The truth in government/politics is the Constitution. Believe it, love it, sleep it, eat it, drink it, talk it, learn it or lose it.
It is We, the People, responsibility to see to that the elected honor their oath of office and we do that with the vote.
There is no legal authority to grant any power to any federal elected, agency or branch that is not articulated in the Constitution. No elected, appointed, or agency can legally nullify due process, or anything else, as articulated in the Constitution. Anything contrary to the Constitution is null and void.
I find nothing in the Constitution that authorizes any federal police force, nor a commando style raid on citizen's homes.
Article of Amendment #4
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.
* right (just or legal claim or title)
* people (the mass of ordinary persons; the populace)
* be secure (free from fear, care, doubt, or anxiety; not worried, troubled, or apprehensive)
* persons (living bodies of human beings)
* houses (places of residence)
* papers (collection of letters, diaries, and other writings, especially by one person. Commercial documents that represent value and can be transferred from owner to owner; negotiable instruments considered as a group.)
* effects (movable belongings; goods)
* unreasonable (not governed by reason)
* seizures (taken into custody; capture)
* violated (desecrated or defiled)
* Warrants (judicial writs authorizing an officer to make a search, a seizure, or an arrest or to execute a judgment)
* issue (go or come out)
* probable (likely to happen or to be true)
* cause (reason, ground for legal action)
* particularly (with particular reference or emphasis)
1.. The word definitions fully explain the intent of this amendment.
2.. Note: "John Doe" warrants and "Dynamic Entry" policies of federal, State, or local police agencies violate this Article of Amendment, as do seatbelt and sobriety checkpoints.
Prepared by Joanne Campbell
I have the entire Constitution as above and will send it to anyone who wants. I find Joanne did a good job and found nothing to disagree with in her work, ahampton@tcainternet.com