al and personal, is taxable, andcitizens are required to list all their personal property for tax assessors,including household furniture, gold and silver plate, musical instruments,watches, jewelry, and personal, private, or professional libraries. If acitizen refuses to list their property or is suspected of not listingsomething, the law directs the assessor to visit and enter the premises,getting a search warrant if necessary. Being required to tell the stateeverything you own is not being secure in one's home and effects.NO WARRANTS SHALL ISSUE, BUT UPON PROBABLE CAUSE, SUPPORTED BY OATH ORAFFIRMATION:As a supporting oath or affirmation, reports of anonymous informants areaccepted. This practice has been condoned by the Supreme Court.PARTICULARLY DESCRIBING THE PLACE TO BE SEARCHED AND PERSONS OR THINGS TOBE SEIZED: Today's warrants do not particularly describe the things to beseized -- they list things that might be present. For example, if policeare making a drug raid, they will list weapons as things to be searched forand seized. This is done not because the police know of any weapons and canparticularly describe them, but because they allege people with drugs oftenhave weapons.Both of the above apply to the warrant the Hudson, New Hampshire, policeused when they broke down Bruce Lavoie's door at 5 a.m. with guns drawn andshot and killed him. The warrant claimed information from an anonymousinformant, and it said, among other things, that guns were to be seized.The mention of guns in the warrant was used as reason to enter with gunsdrawn. Bruce Lavoie had no guns. Bruce Lavoie was not secure fromunreasonable search and seizure -- nor is anybody else.Other infringements on the fourth amendment include roadblocks and theBoston Police detention of people based on colors they are wearing(supposedly indicating gang membership). And in Pittsburgh again, EugeneTyler was once searched because he was wearing sweat pants and a plaidshirt -...
