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Privacy

Overview

Privacy is a fundamental right defined and enforced by the Fourth and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution.  Free people are innocent until proven guilty and the government doesn’t have a right to wiretap, surveil, or search a person or their property without a judicially sanctioned warrant, supported by probable cause. 

These protections must not be removed simply for the presence of external threats.  The PATRIOT Act must be repealed.  Law enforcement must exercise restraint and apply due process before searching private property or making an arrest.  The government does not have legitimate power to collect an individual’s personal data, including medical records, gun ownership, or banking information.  There should be no national I.D. card.

Other Popular Issues

Opinions

Government I.D. cards, surveillance, and the PATRIOT Act are intrusive and should be abolished.  The Fourth and Fifth Amendments are prohibitions against federal abuse of individual rights. 

David Theroux, The Independent Institute

 

Privacy is a fundamental right.  The government should not engage in tracking or surveillance of citizens without a legal warrant.  The PATRIOT Act should be repealed.

Dave Nalle, Republican Liberty Caucus

 

Privacy is not a right.

Walter Block, Loyola University New Orleans

 

The PATRIOT Act and all other laws that allow the government to snoop into the economic or personal affairs of citizens without probable cause must be repealed.

Congressman Ron Paul, (R-TX)

 

Case law must be developed by strict observance of individual rights, including to privacy if that is one’s choice. 

Tibor Machan, Chapman University

 

Private firms conduct security checks.  The government abides by the Fourth, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments. 

David Littmann, Mackinac Center for Public Policy

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