All Posts Tagged With: "right to privacy"
The Census: Vehicle for Social Engineering
The census in a welfare state creates a dynamic in which the exercise of one person’s rights ostensibly damages the interests others.
23Feb2010 | Wendy McElroy | 9 comments | ContinuedUndoing the Fourth Amendment
Carlos Gonzalez, 21, of Weston, Florida, stands
spread-eagled while an officer pats him down.
When the officer bends to frisk his legs, Carlos
lowers his arms without asking permission. The officer
snarls, “Hey,were not even close to being finished.What
are you trying to hide?” While a crowd watches, Carlos
is ordered to disrobe. He hands over his shoes and belt
and empties his pockets as the search continues in mortifying
detail.
The Right to Be Left Alone
“The makers of the Constitution conferred the most comprehensive of rights and the right most valued by all civilized men—the right to be let alone.” -Justice Louis D. Brandeis According to Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence, one of the “repeated injuries and usurpations” committed against the American people by the King of England [...]
1May2002 | Mark Skousen | 1 comment | Continued-
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