"Which of our rights as Americans are under the most serious assault, and why?"?
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By assault, I take it you mean, Rights that we are losing daily. I will give you my opinion with this understanding. \nI think that our elected officials are quickly forgetting what WE the PEOPLE have elected them into office for. They are IMPOSING their beliefs on US the American citizens without giving us the least concern as to what OUR feelings and or thoughts are. They believe that because THEY are the senate or Congress that they are right in regards to whatever it is they are fixing to take away from us. When in my opinion the EXACT OPPOSITE IS TRUE.  I mean it starts off with small things that IS for everyone's safety. Like the seat belt thing. Helmets on motorcycles. Smoking in restaurants, bar, taverns, coffee, shops. They are even talking about a micro chip for sex offenders. OKAY sounds like a FANTASTIC idea. BUT lets give this some thought. The next thing you know is they need it for medical and now they need it for this and that. I think and believe it is a way for the big brother to keep an eye on you so we are more like prisoners. ENOUGH already didn't mean to tear your ears off sorry. I think our rights are being infringed on too too too much. I think it needs to be STOPPED. and STOPPED NOW.
896617
Well you asked 2 question...\nDo you have the right?\nNo! absolute not! I don´t know much about American Law (you must be from there) but most international Law has a thing called proportion...for example, if somebody with no gun try to rob you, you can´t kill him with a bazooka ´cause you answered such higher than the danger that he could provoke on you...\n\nWhat would you do?\nIf I could I  would  kick his a-s-s deeply, or if he´s stronger I would call my friends to help me on that but it would be pointless...\nExpect for reaction, it always come...You should know who you´re fighting with...if he´s not involving in any gang...\nIf he´s not the wise thing to do is react immediately, he spits on you and you bang on his nose immediately...and go away...
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Two personal points: 1. the military serves to uphold our constitutional rights - among the most important is our right to free speech. Even if a soldier were to find public opinion running against the war, in a sense, it's the responsibility to protect the right to hold and express that contrary opinion that lies at the root of duty; and 2. if a military action is unjust, a soldier has the responsibility not to follow illegal orders. This is a contentious point, but think of the prosecution of East German soldiers who shot people trying to escape over the Berlin Wall during the period in which Germany was divided. The soldiers got serious prison time for following orders that were later adjudged to have been illegal.\n\nThere is a narrow line between personal responsibility and insubordination, but in the case of Iraq, there are situations in which I think that that line needs to be pointed out, if we're doing that on the homefront, well, it may be because our civilian leaders have lost track of the ethical basis on which just wars should be waged.
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It is a natural human instinct to fight to be free. Like the licence plate says...."Live free or die."   However it should be everyone's  "Patriotic Duty"  to fight for our "Constitutional Rights."
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The legal system is not solely devoted to protecting individual rights.  It also regulates privileges, agencies, corporations, etc.\n\nWhich right of law-abiding citizens personal peace and security is being violated by the American legal system that you are referring to?  This question is too vague.
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That is a troubling question anymore. With the patriot act in full force and the cops being allowed to lie and commit human rights violations it is hard to say what rights we actually have anymore. Now if your an ILLEGAL Immigrant you have the right to food stamps, public education, free hospital care, and you don't have to tell anyone you're not supposed to be in this country. It violates their rights to privacy if you ask them.\nSomething is just so wrong here!
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You know as an American I am scared to death that our way of life as Americans, our freedoms and rights will be sucked away in to a black hole all in the name of fighting terrorism.\n\nAs an American, do not bend or yield your rights no matter WHAT.  To sacrifice our constitution in order to fight terrorism, would make us no longer AMERICAN.\n\n"Freedom or death" is one of the statements that was posed in forming this great country.  What are our priorities?\n\nGood Luck and Take Care
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You're not aware of what you've given up. Privacy rights,  habeus corpus, right to an attorney, right to see all the evidence against you, the list goes on. Just because you don't think you'll be personally affected, does not mean Americans haven't lost these rights in some circumstances. Ever heard of a trend? There's a trend toward taking away people's rights in more and more circumstances. \n\nAnd have you given up these freedoms for any reason? There are more terrorists due to Bush foreign policy than there were before 9-11
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Your right. You should probably take up arms against the US army to stop them.  I think after everything thats happended you are morally obligated to take a stand. Arent you?
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It isn't about rights as Americans it is about human rights. The answer is a resounding no. Our country is based on a rule of law and the president and his goons have found a way to circumvent it. This is for now, with the democrats in power we could see a return to law and order.
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LMAO  Perfect question. I just got done emailing someone who thought that his constitutional rights were being violated and that was MORE important than the war on TERROR. I challenged him to name one right that he has lost personally. Well, no return email yet. Nor do I expect any logical one to come my way. LMAO\nYour question is great. And NONE of my ( laughing my a_s off while typing this) friends or neighbors have been carried off in the night because of President Bushs' war on terror. Which is really OUR WAR ON TERROR.....   .. .when can we get the foolish folk to learn?\n\nThings that make you go HMMMMMMMM\n\n\nEDIT* - I don't believe the posting directly above me. How could anyone sue the Federal Government and win a decision in such a short time. I think some radicals have hijacked her mind. Either that, or she has misunderstood the facts.\n\nEDIT* - I just read all the posts. Incredible that snotty nosed fools didn't 'get the the true meaning' of your question.
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I can't believe you have already ignored the most recent past. The criminals were those Arabs who attacked the USA on 9-11 in New York and Washington. They are the ones who "interfered" with our way of life.\n\nAll we're doing is attempting to bring those who attacked us to justice. Why don't you admit that the USA has the right to protect itself against those who attacked us?\n\nTX Guy
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Every time one of our civil liberties is taken by the government, we are hurt. As a nation, and as a free people. Our own govt is trampling on the fabric of the Constitution, and the core values that this country was founded upon.\n\nPeople ask what rights I personally have lost. The right to counsel. The right to due process. The right to privacy. The right to assemble. Habeas corpus. Unreasonable searches. Warrantless wiretapping. The list of rights and civil liberties that have been trampled on by the Bush regime grows longer every year.\n\nEvery one of those rights stipped away was mine. Just because I never needed to invoke them didn't make them less mine. And just because you haven't needed them yet doesn't make them less yours.\n\nWe only have those rights we choose to defend. Only those rights we can defend. And if we do not defend them, we lose them. Not just for those who need them now -- but for all of us.\n\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n\nIn honor of Pastor Martin Niemöller:\n\nFirst they came for the 6th Amendment, but I hadn't been accused of a crime, so I didn't object to denial of counsel.\n\nThen they came for the 4th Amendment, but I wasn't talking to anyone overseas, so they wouldn't be monitoring me.\n\nThen they came for the rest of the 4th Amendment, but I only called my mother, so there was nothing suspicious in my phone records.\n\nThen they came for the 1st Amendment, but I never associated with criminals, so I didn't worry about being convicted purely based on what other people might do.\n\nThen they came for the 14th Amendment, but I never really understood the rules for Due Process (and wasn't allowed an attorney), so I didn't object.\n\nThen they came for the rest of the 1st Amendment, but I never told anyone about what the government was doing, so again I remained silent.\n\nThen they came for the 5th Amendment, ...... and I no longer had the right to remain silent.
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This right is protected by the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution. \n\n"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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We are under Republican Martial Law...\nNo one has any rights or freedom...\nRepublicans are tapping your phones, \ntracking your internet interests...\nin your bedrooms, soon to be in your \nbathrooms being the poop sniffers that they are.
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A severe blow to the civil liberties our forefathers worked so hard to get 230 years ago, that modern day Americans have seem to forgotten about.\n\nBush is guiding us down a path that will be very difficult to return from.  The Patriot Act with it's various inroads into our private lives, is a scary start.  Some people would argue that we are safer, but none said it better than Benjamin Franklin:\n\n"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."
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US because we have the most rights than other countries and more political people