- Amendment I: Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or
abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people
peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of
grievances.
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- Amendment II: A well regulated Militia, being necessary
to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear
Arms, shall not be infringed.
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- Amendment III: No Soldier shall, in time of peace be
quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of
war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
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- Indirect.
Of course, if you are imprisoned without charges, you do not have
your freedom of speech, religious liberty, or your right to bear arms.
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- Amendment IV: The right of the people to be secure
in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches
and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue,
but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly
describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to
be seized.
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- DIRECT HIT.
The Patriot Act rips this amendment right out of the constitution.
The gov't can do warrantless searches without even informing the property
owner they were there. No probable cause needs to be proved, no oath taken,
and no limit to what can ben searched or seized.
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- Amendment V: No person shall be held to answer for a
capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment
of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces,
or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger;
nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in
jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to
be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without
due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use,
without just compensation.
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- DIRECT HIT.
Grand jury? You get no jury under the Patriot Act. Due process of
law? There IS NO due process of law under the Patriot Act.
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- Amendment VI: In all criminal prosecutions, the accused
shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial
jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed,
which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be
informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted
with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining
witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for
his defence.
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- DIRECT HIT.
Under the Patriot Act there are no charges much less trial, jury,
witnesses, or counsel.
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- Amendment VII: In Suits at common law, where the value
in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by
jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise
re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules
of the common law.
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- Amendment VIII: Excessive bail shall not be
required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
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- Corollary.
More rights rendered obsolete by the Patriot Act.
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- Amendment IX: The enumeration in the Constitution, of
certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained
by the people.
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- DIRECT HIT.
What rights retained by the people? We have none under the Patriot
Act.
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- Amendment X: The powers not delegated to the United States
by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to
the States respectively, or to the people.
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- DIRECT HIT.
The Patriot Act supersedes rights of states and people.
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- AMENDMENT XIII: Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude,
except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly
convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to
their jurisdiction.
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- DIRECT HIT.
Without all the other rights, we are slaves. Anyone who supports
the Patriot Act after seeing this holds the constitution in contempt and
is guilty of treason against America.
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