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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 Sulla on Monday August 28 2017, @06:35PM (2 children)
Maybe
1. All speech is free unless its speech I don't like, then it should be punished because thats not my definition of 'free' or 'speech'
2. Wow you want guns you must be a murderer
3. Nobody wants to have mandatory quartering troops, agreement there I suppose
4. Nobody wants to have their shit looked at without a warrant, unless they are a black/redneck/commy/nazi (in all fairness I think most of us here would agree to the whole amendment as is)
5. Media does love to have characters plead the 5th, but they are almost always guilty, nobody seems to complain.
6. We talked about it on the other site? NDAA 2012 got rid of this one. (thanks McCain and Obama)
7. Should be adjusted to right around $500, thanks government for the inflation. But in general no disagreement.
8. Unless they are turrsts then we must torture them!
9. I presume general agreement
10. Wonder how much it must suck right now to be a californian pissed at the federal government for making laws that affect them negatively, but can't complain about states rights without being hypocritical.
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 28 2017, @07:24PM
Thank you for bringing the partisan points in /s
1. Said only by idiots who are reacting emotionally
2. ^ (and there aren't all that many of them)
3. yay
4. yay
5. yes, hollywood / media has been pushing fascist propaganda for a LONG time
6. sure why not
7. yay
8. :(
9. yay
10. State vs. Federal is always a tug of war and I have never met anyone who is 100% either way. I'm sure they exist, but not worth worrying about. No one here in CA is losing sleep over it, and people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones (you).
(Score: 2) by dry on Monday August 28 2017, @09:46PM
Has America ever allowed speech that the Puritans didn't like?