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Should the Freedom of Movement be made a Constitutional right before its too late?

05 Mar

With all the “rights versus privileges” stuff that keeps “popping” up and the “implied consent” laws that go with them (which erase our fourth and fifth amendment rights), such as in DUI cases, should we lobby for a Constitutional Amendment guaranteing us the right to reasonable movement and travel? If we do not, how long do you think it will be before “walking” is considered a privilege with “implied consent” to search?
How could such a right potentially conflict with “checkpoints”?

 
 

Freedom To Quote

29 Nov


Joichi Ito of Creative Commons discusses the disparity in intellectual property laws which allow you to quote text without requiring a license however the same cannot be said for quoting audio or v…