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-Land of the Free
The Rollout of Dystopian ‘Vaccine Passports' to Restrict Basic Human Freedoms Has Begun
2021-03-24
[Daily Bell] The 4th Amendment of the United States Constitution unequivocally protects against unreasonable search and seizure:

"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"

These concepts of essential human liberty precede even the US Constitution by centuries; this is the foundational stuff of the 1215 Magna Carta.

By both the letter and spirit of the law, the US government would need an individual warrant for each person’s private medical records (i.e., vaccination status) that it attempts to inspect at each time it attempts to do so.
Posted by:Besoeker

#4  Didn't the SCOTUS 'discover' some 'community safety' exception in the Fourth Amendment a few decades ago that government can use to do pretty much anything it wants relative to warrantless search & seizure?
Posted by: Glenmore   2021-03-24 11:27  

#3  Truly a demonic tool of totalitarian oppression. If only Stalin thought of vaccine passports, Soviet Union would still exist!
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2021-03-24 10:21  

#2  The Constitution?? C'mon, man!
Posted by: Plugz for Brains   2021-03-24 10:06  

#1  There have been a lot of Constitutional over-reaches in the last couple of decades or so. After all, the Founding Fathers are a bunch of dead white guys. What could they possibly know? Use of the term "Father" is old hat as well. (Is sarc necessary?)
Posted by: JohnQC   2021-03-24 09:10  

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