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Happy Constitution Day!
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
We the People of the United States,
to secure the Blessings of Liberty

Or? ... "Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to min'...."



Happy Constitution Day
DWR: Monday, September 17, 2007

“You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in their struggle for independence”
-- Charles Austin Beard
American Historian and Educator, 1874-1948)



Officials Unite To Fight Marijuana Initiative By John R. Ellement
CN Source: Boston Globe September 17, 2008
Law enforcement officials statewide are uniting against a referendum question they fear will increase marijuana use among teenagers and generate more crime across the state. continued...

COPsAgainstGanjawar

Journey for Justice

“Can you imagine the Founding Fathers saying that the major source of authority in [your] life can make you drop your pants and urinate as a condition of getting or keeping a job?”
-- Gene Guerrero



872,721 marijuana arrests in 2007 Inhaling or Not

"In the case of medical "marijuana," if the state doesn't tax prescription medicines, then it would be a violation of the Constitution to tax medical "marijuana."
UN Narcs vs. American values
Drug War Chronicle 02/15/2008

Drug War Shrinking Bill of Rights
By Radley Balko January 27, 2005
This week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that if you're pulled over by the police for speeding or, say, not wearing your seatbelt, they may bring out drug-sniffing dogs to investigate your car without violating the Fourth Amendment. Sixth Amendment (search) right to a jury trial and his Fifth Amendment (search) right against self-incrimination. In 2002, the Supreme Court of Wisconsin ruled that police officers could forcibly extract blood from anyone suspected of drunk driving.


November Coalition * spr.org

B. C. Supreme court rules "prohibition a violation of the Constitution."

Green Party blasts military-style police measures, drug-war violation of citizens’ rights

The Longest and Most Costly War in American History
9. November 2007,



American Drug War the last white hope

Read more on the war on drugs here, here, and here.

Mike Ruport
Since 9-11-01 he has been the point man in breaking major stories involving government foreknowledge, corruption and violations of the Constitution. Mike has pioneered innovative analysis and groundbreaking original stories on the impact of $5-600 billion per year in drug money moving through the US economy and the illegal covert operations which maintain control of that cash flow for US economic interests.



Drug War Briefs: Drug Sniffing Dogs and the Constitution
By Kevin Nelson, AlterNet. Posted April 13, 2004.

Drug Wars - We Hold These Truths to be Self Evident

Search and Seizure: Vermont Judge Says State Constitution Provides Protection Even if Federal Doesn't



$: Prohibition, vigilantism and human rights violations

Total Violation of Constitution:
U.S. Military Used to Combat Opium Trade in Afghanistan

Random Searches in the NYC Subways Begin
The USA PATRIOT Act is only a symptom.
Now the disease is starting to consume the body.

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