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Originally posted by SLO-BOB
However, just because Republicans favor a "hands-off" approach from Govt doesn't mean we favor no law at all.
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Please allow me inform you that the Republican Party was formed in order to expand government into everyone's life. They were founded as the party of taxation, high tariffs, government corporate welfare, and government social programs. It's true that the Republcans became the party of less government once the Democrats found out how much fun they could have with other people's money, that period lasted only from the end of the First World War until the last Eisenhower presidency.
With the current Bush Ii regime, the Republicans have returned to their original philosophy.
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Furtheremore, this whole discussion is academic. Since when do you have to break the law to be arrested? Many people who have done nothing wrong get arrested everyday. Law enforcement can arrest those who a merely suspected of a crime, such as the afore mentioned cash toteing, nuke laptop guy. It is up to the courts to decide if he has broken the law. This is nothing new. To confuse due process with "guilty until proven innocent" shows a basic lack of understanding as to how the courts work. It may not be perfect, but it's the best we can do with the limited intellect afforded us by our creator.
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An arrest must rest on probable cause. However, government can "arrest" your money, car, or other property without probable cause and hold it, forcing you to seek court relief to have it returned.