prescribedby law.QUARTERING SOLDIERS: This amendment is fairly clean so far, but it is notentirely safe. Recently, 200 troops in camouflage dress with M-16s andhelicopters swept through Kings Ridge National Forest in Humboldt County,California. In the process of searching for marijuana plants for four days,soldiers assaulted people on private land with M-16s and barred them fromtheir own property. This might not be a direct hit on the third amendment,but the disregard for private property is uncomfortably close.Amendment IVThe right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers andeffects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated,and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath oraffirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and thepersons or things to be seized.RIGHT TO BE SECURE IN PERSONS, HOUSES, PAPERS AND EFFECTS AGAINSTUNREASONABLE SEARCHES AND SEIZURES: The RICO law is making a mockery of theright to be secure from seizure. Entire stores of books or videotapes havebeen confiscated based upon the presence of some sexually explicit items.Bars, restaurants, or houses are taken from the owners because employees ortenants sold drugs. In Volusia County, Florida, Sheriff Robert Vogel andhis officers stop automobiles for contrived violations. If large amounts ofcash are found, the police confiscate it on the PRESUMPTION that it is drugmoney -- even if there is no other evidence and no charges are filedagainst the car's occupants. The victims can get their money back only ifthey prove the money was obtained legally. One couple got their money backby proving it was an insurance settlement. Two other men who tried to gettheir two thousand dollars back were denied by the Florida courts.RIGHT TO BE SECURE IN PERSONS, HOUSES, PAPERS AND EFFECTS AGAINSTUNREASONABLE SEARCHES AND SEIZURES: A new law goes into effect in Oklahomaon January 1, 1991. All property, re...
