From: Dale Thorn <dthorn@gte.net>
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 09:26:44 -0800 (PST)
To: snow <snow@smoke.suba.com>
Subject: Re: Constitution and a Right to Privacy
Message-ID: <199702191726.JAA27081@toad.com>
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snow wrote:
> Mr. may wrote:
> > At 1:22 PM -0600 2/17/97, snow wrote:
> Amendment IV-
> (1791) 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.
> It seems to me that the constitution is written rather simply, at least
> prior to the 14th amendment. Congress Shall Make No Law... where is the
> confusion?

Simple, but....  In a right to jury trial of peers, are the peers
the peers of the defendant or the peers of the victim?  Both the
Rodney King officers and the O.J. cases were perfect examples of
how, when you switch the peer groups, you reverse the decisions.