Probable Cause

Once upon a time, in the land that would one day become the United States of America, law enforcement officers of the King of England were allowed by the King to stop and search citizens of the land without the need for specific warrants.

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More than once recently, I’ve written about Submitizens. Several criminal defense attorneys in Fresno, California, where my office is located, simply shrug.  Among other things, they can’t understand why this bothers me so much.

But it does bother me.  Immensely.  And, frankly, it seems to me that it should bother any right-thinking true-blooded American citizen.  At the very least, it should bother criminal defense attorneys; we should understand the implication of this latest governmental insult.

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