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ainstthe answerers.COMPELLED TO BE A WITNESS AGAINST HIMSELF: Drug tests are being requiredfrom more and more people, even when there is no probable cause, noaccident, and no suspicion of drug use. Requiring people to take drug testscompels them to provide evidence against themselves.DEPRIVED OF LIFE, LIBERTY, OR PROPERTY WITHOUT DUE PROCESS OF LAW: Thisclause is violated on each of the items life, liberty, and property.Incidents including such violations are described elsewhere in this article.Here are two more: On March 26, 1987, in Jeffersontown, Kentucky, JeffreyMiles was killed by police officer John Rucker, who was looking for asuspected drug dealer. Rucker had been sent to the wrong house; Miles wasnot wanted by police. He received no due process. In Detroit, $4,834 wasseized from a grocery store after dogs detected traces of cocaine on threeone-dollar bills in a cash register.PRIVATE PROPERTY TAKEN FOR PUBLIC USE WITHOUT JUST COMPENSATION: RICO isshredding this aspect of the Bill of Rights. The money confiscated bySheriff Vogel goes directly into Vogel's budget; it is not regulated by thelegislature. Federal and local governments seize and auction boats,buildings, and other property. Under RICO, the government is seizingproperty without due process. The victims are required to prove not onlythat they are not guilty of a crime, but that they are entitled to theirproperty. Otherwise, the government auctions off the property and keeps theproceeds.Amendment VIIn all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedyand public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district whereinthe crime shall have been committed, which district shall have beenpreviously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and causeof the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to havecompulsory process for obtaining Witnesses in his favor, and to have theassistance of counsel for his defence.THE RIGHT ...

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