Originally Posted by stereoman
IMHO there are a lot of intrusions into our Fourth Amendment rights over which the gubbmint has no rightful control. Personally I am more concerned with First Amendment rights. I've gotten into a lot of trouble defending them - in my way - including two arrests (and of course, convictions).

Steve,

I believe that all the 10 Amendments are interdependent with ultimately the 2nd being the one that guarantees all of the others. The Founding Fathers had real personal experience with a tyrant and inscribe the appropriate measures to restrict any abuses. Some 200+ years later we've come full circle and instead of the King's will being done, it's the government's (i.e. corp's)will that is done.A Bay County Chief Deputy arrested a friend of mine over some article that he wrote when former FDLE Commissioner Guy Tunnel was the Bay County Sheriff. In court, Tunnel's Chief Deputy testified that he didn't know what the First Amendment was. Does that surprise you?

Joe