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Amendment V to the U.S. Constitution
"No person shall ... be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law ..." |
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The Bill of Rights: Due Process of Law, by Jacob G. Hornberger, Freedom Daily, Nov 2004
"... history and experience had shown that when government ... was vested with the unlimited power to arrest, incarcerate, and punish violent offenders, always and inevitably such power had been misused against the innocent, especially those who dared to criticize or challenge government policies or practices." |
The Soviet-Style Attack on NORFED, by Jacob G. Hornberger, 21 Nov 2007
Discusses the federal raid on NORFED (National Organization for the Repeal of the Federal Reserve and Internal Revenue Code) and the differences between a criminal search warrant and temporary injuctions used in civil proceedings
"In a civilized country based on the rule of law, people cannot have their lives, liberty, and property taken away from them without notice, hearing, opportunity to be heard, and other fundamental aspects of procedural due process. Unfortunately, in the post-9/11 world in which we now live, anything goes as far as federal power is concerned." |
John Gilmore on inflight activism, spam and sarongs, by Mikael Pawlo, GrepLaw, 18 Aug 2004
Related Topics: John Gilmore, Cryptography, War on Drugs
"A basic principle of due process ... is that you have a chance to read the law ... before it can be applied to you. Another principle is that the law has to be sufficiently clearly written that you can tell illegal actions from legal ones. A law you can't see doesn't clearly tell you the line between legal and illegal acts." |
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| Cartoons |
| I'd Like to Report a Case of Identity Theft, by Ann Telnaes, 9 Jun 2005 |
| Traffic was a Bummer, by Bill DeOre, 30 Jun 2004 |
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