 Legal
plunder : When the law takes
from some persons what belongs to them, and gives it to other persons to whom it does not belong. ~ Frederic Bastiat, The Law Our government...
teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites
every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. ~ Louis Dembitz Brandeis
The most absurd apology for authority and law is that it serves to diminish crime. Given the State is itself the greatest
criminal, breaking every written and natural law, stealing in the form of taxes, killing in the form of war and punishment,
it comes to an absolute standstill in coping with 'crime'. It has failed utterly to destroy or even minimize the horrible
scourge of its own creation. ~ Emma Goldman, Anarchism Somebody recently figured
out that we have 35 million laws to enforce the ten commandments. ~ Attributed to both Bert Masterson and Earl
Wilson 
"In all other respects, I grant the Board's motion and deny Fox's
motion, finding that the Board performed an adequate search and that Exemption 4 permits the Board not to disclose the documents
that Fox seeks." Under Exemption 4 of the FOIA, an agency must demonstrate that the information sought is
a "trade secret" or "commercial or financial" in character and "obtained from a person" and
"privileged and confidential."Thomas Jefferson
Appeal filed in Obama eligibility argument 'Court
cannot refuse to hear a case because it prefers not' A case alleging Congress failed in its constitutional duties by refusing to investigate the eligibility of
Barack Obama to be president has been sent on appeal to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. ( Excerpt
)
Oligarchy's U.S.
judge rules for Fed in Fox News Network request [ WE GET SCREWED BY THE ROBES, AGAIN ! ] : "In all other respects, I grant the Board's motion and deny Fox's
motion, finding that the Board performed an adequate search and that Exemption 4 permits the Board not to disclose the documents
that Fox seeks." Under Exemption 4 of the FOIA, an agency must demonstrate that the information sought is
a "trade secret" or "commercial or financial" in character and "obtained from a person" and
"privileged and confidential." Is Tougher Airport Screening Going Too Far? : A federal judge in June threw out seizure of three fake passports from a traveler,
saying that TSA screeners violated his Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable search and seizure. Congress authorizes
TSA to search travelers for weapons and explosives; beyond that, the agency is overstepping its bounds, U.S. District Court
Judge Algenon L. Marbley said. ( Excerpt ) Girl's strip search ruled unconstitutional : The ruling, written by Justice
David Souter, said authorities in a Safford, Ariz., middle school had grounds to search eighth-grader Savana Redding's backpack
for pills, based on a fellow student's allegation that the girl was supplying them, but not to have a nurse search under her
bra and underpants. (Excerpt)
Suit accuses TSA of unreasonable airport detention : The lawsuit does not seek
money but asks the court to declare the TSA's actions unconstitutional and to prohibit the agency from similar searches when
there is no evidence aircraft are endangered. ( Excerpt ) Cities' gun restrictions begin to topple : For years, strict gun laws in primarily
Midwestern, Northeastern, and California cities have created an uneasy tension between the Second Amendment and crime-fighting
realities on the ground. Then, the US Supreme Court, in a 5-to-4 decision, affirmed the constitutional right of individual
Americans to own handguns, in a case known as District of Columbia v. Heller. In striking down parts of D.C.'s law, it opened the door to court challenges of other cities' ordinances
restricting access to certain kinds of guns. 4th Amendment: Buried by technology : Previously in Technocracy, we discussed the convenience of government theft, in which the myriad technological conveniences available to taxpayers make it possible for them to pay their taxes with money they never see. This makes us complacent because, if we never really have or are aware of our earnings in the
first place, we don't truly miss them when they are confiscated by a greedy, wasteful government. Precisely the same thing
occurs when ever-more-sophisticated, developing technology is applied to the realm of government surveillance of American citizens. As the technology becomes more discreet, less overt,
insidiously, passively unnoticed, our tolerance for government scrutiny of every aspect of our public lives (no to
mention, increasingly, our previously private lives) increases accordingly. Our lack of vigilance concerning our
Fourth Amendment rights is eroding those rights. Technology lies behind both the design and the execution of this gradual
but inexorable abrogation. ( Excerpt )
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