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How many rights do you have

ts are being required frommore and more people, even when there is no probablecause, no accident, and no suspicion of drug use. Requiringpeople to take drug tests compels them to provide evidenceagainst themselves. DEPRIVED OF LIFE, LIBERTY, ORPROPERTY WITHOUT DUE PROCESS OF LAW: Thisclause is violated on each of the items life, liberty, andproperty. Incidents including such violations are describedelsewhere in this article. Here are two more: On March 26,1987, in Jeffersontown, Kentucky, Jeffrey Miles was killedby police officer John Rucker, who was looking for asuspected drug dealer. Rucker had been sent to the wronghouse; Miles was not wanted by police. He received no dueprocess. In Detroit, $4,834 was seized from a grocery storeafter dogs detected traces of cocaine on three one-dollarbills in a cash register. PRIVATE PROPERTY TAKENFOR PUBLIC USE WITHOUT JUSTCOMPENSATION: RICO is shredding this aspect of theBill of Rights. The money confiscated by Sheriff Vogel goesdirectly into Vogel's budget; it is not regulated by thelegislature. Federal and local governments seize and auctionboats, buildings, and other property. Under RICO, thegovernment is seizing property without due process. Thevictims are required to prove not only that they are not guiltyof a crime, but that they are entitled to their property.Otherwise, the government auctions off the property andkeeps the proceeds. Amendment VI In all criminalprosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedyand public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and districtwherein the crime shall have been committed, which districtshall have been previously ascertained by law, and to beinformed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to beconfronted with the witnesses against him; to havecompulsory process for obtaining Witnesses in his favor, andto have the assistance of counsel for his defence. THERIGHT TO A SPEEDY AND PUBLIC TRIAL:Surprisingly, the right to a public trial is u...

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