Arrests Strip Us of Our Rights-Oct.12 is D-Day!
Posted: Saturday, October 01, 2011
by Susan Chana Lask Esq
Law Offices of Susan Chana Lask
Hi, I’m Susan Chana Lask, counsel of record for Albert Florence. On October 12, 2011 I will be at the U.S. Supreme Court for oral argument on my case that for 6 long years I fought for Albert’s and everyone’s constitutional rights to privacy. It's the fight for the right not to be strip searched while being processed at a jail for non-criminal offenses such as failing to pay a fine or violating a dog leash law. Hey, if you think it's right to forget your dog's leash during a walk in the park and suddenly you get hauled into jail and ordered by some stranger guard to strip completely naked in front of him or her and squat and cough then don't bother reading on...just don't forget to bring your dog leash to the park tomorrow.
Imagine the scales of justice and that is what are constitution is…it is a balance that considers who, where and when. Here the “who” are non-criminal arrestees violating such minor offenses as a dog leash law or a tail light out, and the other “who” are the prisons that want carte blanche to strip them naked and have them squat and cough in groups of men and women just because they pass through the prison doors…without any reason given before stripping this class of persons. Do I really need to get to the “where” and “when” at this point?
You see, if the Courts do not provide us with a balance as to just when this can be done and under what circumstances then we’re stuck with exactly what the prisons want–a blanket rule that once you pass the prison doors the constitution disappears. Blanket strip searching is not an answer. I would be surprised if the U.S. Supreme Court does not fashion a rule as to who, when and where strip searching can be done because the constitution is about balancing justice, our rights and the intrusions of the government–not blanket authority. If we do not get a balance in this case then we can bet the rest of our rights will disappear as fast; and we will be living in a very different and authoritative country, much different than what the United States was meant to be when the constitution was created.
Read my September 19, 2011 Reply Brief for Albert Florence at http://www.appellate-brief.com/practice/united-states-supreme-court-litigation/albert-florence/294-reply-brief-for-albert-florence-in-us-supreme-court.html“.
http://www.appellate-brief.com
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Top-level comments on this article: (1 total)I and others are proud of you and of your efforts.
A police state is what we are now become.
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Bless you and keep us all posted; the SW world is watching.
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