The Constitution is being violated in New Orleans..

[ruger270man]

1st amendment.. check

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050907/ts_nm/censorship_dc

FEMA accused of censorship


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When U.S. officials asked the media not to take pictures of those killed by Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, they were censoring a key part of the disaster story, free speech watchdogs said on Wednesday.

2nd amendment.. check

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/08/n...artner=homepage NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 8 - Waters were receding across this flood-beaten city today as police officers began confiscating weapons, including legally registered firearms, from civilians in preparation for a mass forced evacuation of the residents still living here.

4th amendment.. check

http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,168756,00.html Rescuers scoured New Orleans' swamped houses and shattered high-rises Thursday, finding many holdouts finally ready to flee the filthy water and the stench of death — in what might be the last peaceful sweep before forced evacuations begin.

 

[cuchulainn]

That's what happens under martial law.

 

[dasmi]

Martial law has not been declared. The phrase has been thrown around, but there has been no official declaration of martial law.

 

[cuchulainn]

Martial law has not been declared. The phrase has been thrown around, but there has been no official declaration of martial law.

from: http://www.usconstitution.net/consttop_mlaw.html

<< On 8/26/2005, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans was placed under martial law after widespread flooding rendered civil authority ineffective. The state of Louisiana does not have an actual legal construct called "martial law," but instead something quite like it: a state of public health emergency. The state of emergency allowed the governor can suspend laws, order evacuations, and limit the sales of items such as alcohol and firearms. The governor's order limited the state of emergency, to end on 9/25/2005, "unless terminated sooner." >>

 

[dasmi]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/09/08/martial.law.qanda/

Q. Has martial law been declared in Louisiana?

A. No.

 

[cuchulainn]

We're dickering with words here. The legal term in Louisiana is "public health emergency" but the effect is largely the same as "martial law."

Six of one; half dozen of the other.

Would you say there is no "gun control" right now in New Orleans (despite the confiscations) just because the law being used isn't called a "gun control" law, but a "public health emergency" law?

It's the effect -- not the label -- that matters

If it walks like a goose, and steps like a goose...

 

[Bartholomew Roberts]

Since you cited the three threads where these issues are being discussed and the posts in this thread pretty much mirror those, maybe the issue should be raised in those threads.