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**merloermfgj** · 10-06-2011, 09:03 PM

Well I guess everyones limit is different. just as we all have varing opinons etc. I can see the necessity to spend a little more time at the airport then before. I have no problem with that if it keeps me and my family and you safe as well. I am still wondering what freedoms we are losing. I have lost none...

Not yet - but it could happen. Technically the Constitution doesn't mention privacy but Supreme Court decisions have established a right to privacy as a basic human right. Some say the right to privacy is inherent in the Bill of Rights, such as the third, the fourth and 5th Amendments.

It is said that a right to privacy is inherent in many of the amendments in the Bill of Rights, such as the 3rd, the 4th's search and seizure limits, and the 5th's self-incrimination limit.

I would call a body pat down an unreasonable search and seizure when a person has not provided probable cause to be searched. That's like seeing someone walk down the street and a cop says "oh he looks like a criminal, I better pull him over." That's not probable cause. Or we had this instance in college - town cop saw a kid walking down the sidewalk with a cup and the kid walked into a house where a party was going on. Cop followed him into the party, found a bunch of kids underage drinking and gave out MIP (minor in possession). Those kids went to court, the judge threw it out because he did not have probable cause to enter that house.

So those people like this woman with breast cancer did lose her privacy. Other people who are searched with no probable cause are getting their rights infringed upon.

10-06-2011, 09:03 PM	#26
merloermfgj Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 511 Senior Member	Well I guess everyones limit is different. just as we all have varing opinons etc. I can see the necessity to spend a little more time at the airport then before. I have no problem with that if it keeps me and my family and you safe as well. I am still wondering what freedoms we are losing. I have lost none... Not yet - but it could happen. Technically the Constitution doesn't mention privacy but Supreme Court decisions have established a right to privacy as a basic human right. Some say the right to privacy is inherent in the Bill of Rights, such as the third, the fourth and 5th Amendments. It is said that a right to privacy is inherent in many of the amendments in the Bill of Rights, such as the 3rd, the 4th's search and seizure limits, and the 5th's self-incrimination limit. I would call a body pat down an unreasonable search and seizure when a person has not provided probable cause to be searched. That's like seeing someone walk down the street and a cop says "oh he looks like a criminal, I better pull him over." That's not probable cause. Or we had this instance in college - town cop saw a kid walking down the sidewalk with a cup and the kid walked into a house where a party was going on. Cop followed him into the party, found a bunch of kids underage drinking and gave out MIP (minor in possession). Those kids went to court, the judge threw it out because he did not have probable cause to enter that house. So those people like this woman with breast cancer did lose her privacy. Other people who are searched with no probable cause are getting their rights infringed upon.
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