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Voting down the Fourth Amendment
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Date: Wed, 8 Feb 1995 15:57:16 -0500 (EST)
From: Marshall Kragen
I heard this discussed by Charles Osgood this morning and went to http://www.house.gov and pulled out the information. As you can see, what the House in effect yesterday did was to vote down the 4th Amendment to the Constitution. It was introduced as an Amendment to a bill named H.R.666, which would make more exceptions to the exclusionary rule. As you can see from the excerpts of the debate I included someone thought the amendment would hamper police in their efforts. Someone else noted the irony of the number of the bill involved.
Despite what Osgood said, that the Congressmen had not read the Constitution they swore to support, they knew very well what the Amendment was and what they were voting on. Still, they did vote against the Amendment.
Anyway, you can use or not use this in RRE or elsewhere as you see fit: >>>>>>>>>>>> AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MR. WATT OF NORTH CAROLINA Mr. WATT of North Carolina. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment. PAGE H1332 The CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Amendment offered by Mr. Watt of North Carolina: Page 2, line 13, strike all after the word `States,` and insert the following: PAGE H1332 `provided that 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.` H1335 MCCALLUM: These technicalities are killing a lot of our police officers` efforts and the prosecutors` efforts to get convictions. I do not see why we should allow an amendment like this one that would just totally wipe out the bill, and that is what it does.
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Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the requisite number of words. Mr. Chairman, they are quoting the sanctity of the Constitution, and I was just looking through the Bible at Revelations. I would like to quote: PAGE H1336 (13) And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems upon its horns and a blasphemous name upon its heads. And the beast that I saw was like a leopard, its feet were like a bear`s, and its mouth was like a lion`s mouth. And to it the dragon gave his power and his throne and great authority. One of its heads seemed to have a mortal wound, but its mortal wound was healed, and the whole earth followed the beast with wonder. Men worshiped the dragon, for he had given his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, `Who is like the beast, and who can fight against it?` And the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months; TIME: 1810 PAGE H1336 Skipping over, It works great signs, even making fire come down from Heaven to earth in the sight of men; and by the signs which it is allowed to work in the presence of the beast, it deceives those who dwell on earth, bidding them make an image for the beast which was wounded by the sword and yet lived; and it was allowed to give breath to the image of the beast so that the image of that beast should even speak, and to cause those who would not worship the image of the beast to be slain. Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name. This calls for wisdom: Let him who has understanding reckon the number of the beast, for it is a human number, its number is 666.
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RECORDED VOTE PAGE H1340 Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were - ayes 121, noes 303, not voting 10, as follows: ```
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