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Friday, May 29, 2009

Legislature / Woods Tony Shipley: Fighting Terrorists in Tennessee So You Won't Have To

Posted by Jeff Woods on Fri, May 29, 2009 at 5:03 AM

click to enlarge Rep. Tony Shipley: Freedom fighter
  • Rep. Tony Shipley: Freedom fighter
Pith's favorite legislator, Tony Shipley, is playing the role of Secret Agent Man again, fighting his own personal War on Terror and trying to trash that pesky little Fourth Amendment prohibition against unreasonable search and seizure. You may remember that Shipley, claiming top-secret knowledge of terrorist activity in Tennessee, sponsored legislation to allow search warrants based on "reasonable suspicion" instead of "probable cause" to catch these villains. But Tennessee Attorney General Bob Cooper opined that the legislature couldn't do that. Undeterred, Shipley has asked Cooper another question: "Does the Fourth Amendment apply to foreign terrorists operating on United States soil." The answer will not please our international man of intrigue. Aliens don't enjoy Fourth Amendment protections, the attorney general says, but "the applicability of the constitutional guarantees to aliens unlawfully in the United States would hinge on a fact-intensive inquiry into the nature of their connections with this country." Therefore, "as a practical matter," it's hard for law officers to know whether they need probable cause.

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"Does the Fourth Amendment apply to foreign terrorists operating on United States soil."
You cannot know that someone is a criminal/terrorist/whatever charged and tried by a jury of their peers and non citizens DO INDEED have 4th amendment rights...it is "self evident". If they are indeed a terrorist, then getting a warrant shouldn’t be a problem.
Jack Bauer wannabes...pretty pathetic.

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Posted by Kevin on 05/29/2009 at 8:52 AM

EDIT: You cannot know that someone is a criminal/terrorist/whatever until they have been charged and tried by a jury of their peers and non citizens DO INDEED have 4th amendment rights...it is "self evident". If they are a terrorist, then getting a warrant shouldn’t be a problem.

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Posted by Kevin on 05/29/2009 at 8:54 AM

Our resident Col. Flagg is at it again.

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Posted by Anonymous on 05/29/2009 at 10:06 AM
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