Any self-righteous lawyer will tell you (who is not a lawyer) that they know much more about law than you. Apparently, law enforcement officials do not seem to be knowledgable about the Supremacy Clause in the U.S. Constitution. Many police chiefs believe that state laws trump the U.S. Constitution. Another indication that they are fundamentally stupid and simply does not understand the Supremacy Clause The Gideon v. Wainright SCOTUS decision gave indigents free lawyers. This constitutes very unequal treatment for the not so indigent. Perhaps, all those pursued by the government (for its own income) should be given free lawyers. All defendants should be provided an equal amount of resources as the prosecution gets. Otherwise, it seems to violate the Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection Clause Forfeiture of Property Laws violate the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment Due Process clause MGL 115 MGL 115: Public Welfare: Veterans Benefits Viewing child pornography sites (free speech) Any laws like the laws allowing DCF to exist violate the Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection Clause The US Constitution is the Supreme Law Of The Land MGL 272-28 (note exclusions on law) MGL 275 Section 2: Complaint of threat to commit crime Section 2. If complaint is made to any such court or justice that a person has threatened to commit a crime against the person or property of another, such court or justice shall examine the complainant and any witnesses who may be produced, on oath, reduce the complaint to writing and cause it to be subscribed by the complainant Threatening to commit a crime In a suspected DUI case, if you do not submit to a blood test, your license to drive will be suspended for 180 days. This seems to be in violation of the Fifth Amendment Where does it say in the US Constitution that we can not ingest any specific drugs or foods? Nowhere. Article I, Section 8 itemizes the powers of Congress, but has the following opening sentence, which is mangled to make us believe the powers of the U.S. government are unlimitted. The Congress shall have the Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and General Welfare, but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States. The term General Welfare clause is not an itemized power of Congress. 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. Fifth Amendment No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation. Sixth Amendment (confrontation clause) In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense. Fourteenth Amendment Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. It is a crime for one or more persons acting under color of law willfully to deprive or conspire to deprive another person of any right protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States. (18 U.S.C. -- 241, 242). Color of law simply means that the person doing the act is using power given to him or her by a governmental agency (local, State, or Federal). A law enforcement officer acts under color of law even if he or she is exceeding his or her rightful power. The types of law enforcement misconduct covered by these laws include excessive force, sexual assault, intentional false arrests, or the intentional fabrication of evidence resulting in a loss of liberty to another. Enforcement of these provisions does not require that any racial, religious, or other discriminatory motive existed. The police have a strong, long-held, deep-seated and rich tradition of attempting to imprison political dissidents. The protection guaranteed by the Amendments is much broader in scope. The makers of our Constitution undertook to secure conditions favorable to the pursuit of happiness. They recognized the significance of man's spiritual nature, of his feelings, and of his intellect. They knew that only a part of the pain, pleasure and satisfactions of life are to be found in material things. They sought to protect Americans in their beliefs, their thoughts, their emotions and their sensations. They conferred, as against the Government, the right to be let alone - the most comprehensive of rights and the right most valued by civilized men. To protect that right, every unjustifiable intrusion by the Government upon the privacy of the individual, whatever the means employed, must be deemed a violation of the Fourth Amendment. And the use, as evidence in a criminal proceeding, of facts ascertained by such intrusion must be deemed a violation of the Fifth. Olmstead v. United States, 277 U.S. 438 (1928) There's a good reason why, in the 4th Amendment, suspicion of wrongdoing comes before search. And it's not only because of the presumption that we should generally be left alone - but because of the danger that a government, with enough data about any of us, and enough laws, can find some basis for being suspicious. Show me the man, and I will show you the crime ,' said Stalin's secret police chief."

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