I do not know if this has been diaried, so apologize for this. I read a very scary article this morning in USA Today that is really displaying the ramifications of having Samuel Alito on the SCOTUS. The article link is provided below and you can access it for free. What I have to say is that I am afraid our civil rights are little by little being stripped away. I am hoping that the Democrats win in November for we are really headed the way of a police state.
The article, which you can read
here, says that the Supreme Court decided to allow no-knock searhces of a home. No warrant would be need for this and the police can go ahead after 20 seconds or so and barge in on a home. In the process, the police can seize any evidence and use it in a court of law. We all know that any evidence seized without a warrant is inadmissable in court. This ruling reverses this nearly century old rule giving the police more power.
This decision was a 5-4 split with Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Alito, and Kennedy in the majority and Breyer, Stephens, Ginsburg, and Souter were in the minority. O'Connor had heard part of the case before retiring and sided with giving the sanctity of the home its privacy. When the court was decided again, the wingnut judges all got to trample our rights once again. If you all recall, earlier this year, Roberts and company said that if one spouse gives the okay to search the home, then that was okay. The other spouse did not matter in this decision. I am starting to see a pattern of contempt on the part of the Roberts Court towards our civil liberties. Are the Miranda rights the next to go? Will the 5th amendment be sent down the toilet? Our president has been very gun-ho about shredding our Constitution. He has ordered wiretaps without a court order and even asked for phone records. This disturbing pattern of behavior on the part of the president is further abetted by the activist Robert's Court. Where are the conservatives who scream about activist judges? Shouldn't convervatives be trying to conserve our precious rights. No they only scream about activist judges when the ruling does not suit them. Fucking hypocrites. These people do not deserve to be in power and try to govern. Fucking Bush ass kisser. I apologize for the language, but reading this makes me mad. Have a great weekend all of you. Also, don't forget to watch John Murtha of MTP tomorrow.