[The Fourth Amendment applies to all invasions on the part of the government and its employees of the sanctity of a man’s home and the privacies of life. It is not the breaking of his doors, and the rummaging of his drawers, that constitutes the essence of the offense; but it is the invasion of his indefeasible right of personal security, personal liberty and private property, where that right has never been forfeited by his conviction of some public offense.
-- Justice Joseph P. Bradley, Boyd v. United States
HORNBERGER'S BLOG
October 2, 2020 They Are All Socialists Now
In his reelection campaign, President Trump declares, “America will never be a socialist country” … well … except for: Social Security Medicare Medicaid Public (i.e., government) schooling The federal income tax Welfare Public housing Education grants Farm subsidies Food stamps Corporate bailouts Stimulus payments Immigration controls The welfare state The military establishment ...
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I grew up in the poorest city in the United States. At least, that is what the Census Bureau told us back in the 1950s...
