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Originally posted by thesungod
I hate to say, but your correct. 99.9% of the people who replied to your post probably didn't write there congressman, however what good would it have done, save for an election year?
Originally posted by Praetorius
reply to post by Xcathdra
Hi Xcathdra - I'll take a stab here, I guess. Lost rights of:
- Roe V. Wade
Originally posted by Praetorius
1) Life (abortion - disputable, granted)
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2) Liberty - the right to do as one will as long as no infringement is made upon the liberties of another (VIPR checkpoints, federal seizure/authority of ..snip for length
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3) Pursuit of Happiness (originally wealth...snip
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4) They have prohibited the free exercise of religion (in limited cases, granted, disallowing prayer in various settings related to public funding, etc.)
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5) They have abridged the freedom of speech by limiting it to "..snip.
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6) They have, in ...snip.
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7) 4th Amendment - they have .....
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8) The have effectively suspended habeas corpus at will (via the Military Commissions Act of 2006, "enemy combatants", etc.) and not under authorized guidelines of our founding documents.
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9) They have effectively neutered the 9th and 10th amendments (previously addressed somewhat) snip.
Originally posted by Praetorius
That's all I've got off the top of my head, but each of these are areas where the federal government *seems* to me to have specifically overstepped their limitations and directly impacted my liberties and privacy in ways that seem directly contrary to the express intent of the founders as outlined in the Declaration of Independence (indeed adopting a good many of the practices the founders specifically cited as reasons FOR said declaration), Constitution/Bill of Rights, anti-federalist papers, and various other writings and communications by those who ratified the constitution.
Take care, friend.
Originally posted by Xcathdra
I am willing to wager though that not one of those people took the extra 20 seconds to copy and paste their reponse and send it to their reps in the state and federal governments.
Originally posted by Jessicamsa
reply to post by Xcathdra
"It is quite evident that the 4th amendment does not apply to me. On January 19, 2011 the government forced their way into my home, physically assaulting me in the process, without a warrant. The 'evidence' they collected and fabricated was used against me to steal my daughter. The judge said she did not care about my constitutional rights in the courtroom in front of everyone. The court appointed attorney was allowed to lie to me about what I was being charged with. It went into record that I plead guilty to a bunch of stuff that I had been disputing since day one, and they added more accusations that I had not heard/read until after the judge rubberstamped the papers."
If these were CPS workers, then they have no right to do any sort of enforcement actions. Only LEO's can use force against you, but this force must be warranted by a judge's order in the case of search and seizure. I do not know if you got a jury trial, but you should have gotten one. If this process took place before a magistrate judge in a court of no record, then the magistrate can go fruit loops on you(total kangaroo court). But you do have the choice to ask for a jury trial upon arraignment. I suppose family courts are civil proceedings, but there must be a way to move the process to criminal court where the standard of guilt is higher. But I suppose they treated your child as property in a sort of asset forfeiture process. I don't know much about family courts, but the process seems very arbitrary. What is strange is that if you had been accused of murdering your child, you would have had benefit of a criminal proceeding by trial by jury.
Originally posted by Jessicamsa
"It is quite evident that the 4th amendment does not apply to me. On January 19, 2011 the government forced their way into my home, physically assaulting me in the process, without a warrant. The 'evidence' they collected and fabricated was used against me to steal my daughter. The judge said she did not care about my constitutional rights in the courtroom in front of everyone. The court appointed attorney was allowed to lie to me about what I was being charged with. It went into record that I plead guilty to a bunch of stuff that I had been disputing since day one, and they added more accusations that I had not heard/read until after the judge rubberstamped the papers."
Originally posted by artfuldodger
If these were CPS workers, then they have no right to do any sort of enforcement actions. Only LEO's can use force against you, but this force must be warranted by a judge's order in the case of search and seizure. I do not know if you got a jury trial, but you should have gotten one. If this process took place before a magistrate judge in a court of no record, then the magistrate can go fruit loops on you(total kangaroo court). But you do have the choice to ask for a jury trial upon arraignment. I suppose family courts are civil proceedings, but there must be a way to move the process to criminal court where the standard of guilt is higher. But I suppose they treated your child as property in a sort of asset forfeiture process. I don't know much about family courts, but the process seems very arbitrary. What is strange is that if you had been accused of murdering your child, you would have had benefit of a criminal proceeding by trial by jury.
Originally posted by AngelicRose
this site tells how our rights as American citizens have been lost. www.salon.com...