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Congress just passed, and Trump signed, a law that makes all properties adjacent to the rail system operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, Constitution free zones.
From TFA on zerohedge.com:
"In performing its duties, the Commission, through its Board or designated employees or agents, may: Enter upon the WMATA Rail System and, upon reasonable notice and a finding by the chief executive officer that a need exists, upon any lands, waters, and premises adjacent to the WMATA Rail System, including, without limitation, property owned or occupied by the federal government, for the purpose of making inspections, investigations, examinations, and testing as the Commission may deem necessary to carry out the purposes of this MSC Compact, and such entry shall not be deemed a trespass."
As we all know, the standard in the 4th Amendment is a particularized warrant based on probable cause, "reasonable notice and need" as determined by the cops (i.e. agency chief), is not the same thing at all.
We already have constitution free zones within 100 100 miles of any border, and this provides a convenient framework to do a similar thing along any rail line (or road) so the Feds can liberate the center of the country from any form of Constitutional protection. Anyway ... the 4th Amendment is already dead at this point, but its piecemeal demise should provide a useful education for those clamoring for the demise of the 1st.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday August 28 2017, @08:47AM
I mostly agree with you - but you overstate the case. "military wouldn't stand a chance in hell" There are so many variables that none of us can possibly predict. Who is calling the shots on the military side? Is he a military genius - a modern day Sun Tzu? What are the issues? Is there a popular civilian figurehead for the military?
One thing working against good common sense, is the fact that most Americans are cowed by a uniform. Just visit the airport, and watch seemingly intelligent people submit to whatever indignities the TSA crew decides. In New York, that asinine 'Stop and Frisk' crap didn't incite an insurrection.
Depending on who, what, when, why, where, and how, the military just MIGHT beat the population down. That's a show that I don't want to see, because no one can say how it would end.