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These rights which people fought and died for apply to all persons, including the innocent:
U.S. Constitution
Fourth Amendment
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
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CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
Security From Searches and Seizures
Article 1. Section 8.
The people shall be secure in their persons, houses, papers and possessions from unreasonable searches and seizures, and no warrant to search any place or to seize any person or things shall issue without describing them as nearly as may be, nor without probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation subscribed by the affiant.
Thank you for posting the relevant parts of our Constitution, to many people have never taken the time to read what they say.
What some of you can’t seem to grasp though is the definition of the word unreasonable as it is used in both the United States and the Pennsylvania state constitutions.
That word unreasonable is a totally subjective word which has a different meaning to different people. That is why the courts are constantly making determinations and writing opinions on what is reasonable verses what is unreasonable.
Law enforcement officers of all jurisdictions and all across this state and nation work within the legal frame work of those court opinions that set down the definition of the distinction between reasonable and unreasonable.
Perhaps it is the thinking of some people, especially about what their rights really are or even should be, that is unreasonable.
Dick Bodenhorn
WCO, Elk County [/b]