Tag Archives: United States Supreme Court

Same Results; Different Reasoning

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Marty Ryan

Last November, I wrote a blog about how the Fourth Amendment is losing its meaning.   One of the examples I had used was the case of United States v. Jones.  The facts of the case are as follows:   Antoine Jones … Continue reading →

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What Happened to Our Fourth Amendment?

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Marty Ryan

The Fourth Amendment to our Constitution has been watered down considerably over the decades. Continue reading →

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Chewing Away on the Fourth Amendment

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Marty Ryan

I’m sure James Madison could never envision a GPS, much less an automobile, but he surely would have shaken his finger at the idea of his government making an exception under these circumstances. Continue reading →

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Losing More than Liberty

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Marty Ryan

We have allowed the government to ransack our bodies. Continue reading →

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Parental Rights and Wrongs

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Marty Ryan

it’s so strange that even the strange Justice Antonin Scalia concurred in the opinion of the majority by saying: “I join the Court’s opinion, which reasonably applies our precedents, strange though they may be.” Continue reading →

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