Pubdate: Thu, 16 Oct 2014
Source: Washington Post (DC)
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Author: Stephen M. Miller
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v14/n799/a08.html

UNETHICAL, UNCONSTITUTIONAL SEIZURES

Why has there not been more specific information about constitutional 
rights in The Post's "Stop and Seize" series, including in the Oct. 
12 installment?

The Fifth Amendment was written to constrain the federal government 
("No person shall . . . be deprived of life, liberty, or property, 
without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for 
public use, without just compensation"), and the 14th Amendment was 
written to constrain the states ("[N]or shall any state deprive any 
person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law").

If courts have upheld this practice despite the plain language of 
these two important amendments to the Constitution, something is 
wrong with the courts.

Stephen M. Miller, Rockville
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MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom