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Rep. Stephen Fincher (R-TN) introduced a bill in the House Friday that would require states that want to receive full funding for welfare assistance to force its citizens to waive their Fourth Amendment rights and submit to random drug testing. In a press release, Fincher describes the Welfare Integrity Act of 2013:
A federal appeals court has already blocked Floridas mandatory drug-testing law, making it clear a blanket testing of public assistance applicants is likely unconstitutional. The simple fact of seeking public assistance does not deprive a TANF applicant of the same constitutional protection from unreasonable searches that all other citizens enjoy, the court held.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/03/05/1673081/gop-bill-seeks-to-force-welfare-applicants-to-waive-fourth-amendment-rights/?mobile=nc
Those goddamn teabagger don't give a rat's ass about anybody's Constitutional rights except their own. One silver lining: it'll never pass the Senate.
atreides1
(16,118 posts)Test politicians for illegal drug use...it can be done randomly, we'll randomly test Tea Baggers first!!!
For the Republicans it's a win/win...they can cut spending and get rid of that surplus population they all seem to despise...
meow2u3
(24,776 posts)Impose random drug tests not only on politicians, but also on banksters, corporate CEO's, and billionaires, too. This includes alcohol. If they're over the legal limit, they have to pay back every last penny of corporate welfare they received--retroactive to 2001!
Flashmann
(2,140 posts)Great idea...I suggest adding an IQ test and a Civics exam to the mix...
angstlessk
(11,862 posts)One could NEVER sign away their constitutional rights...no matter what...has that changed?
on edit..the arbitration post: http://www.democraticunderground.com/101657093
randome
(34,845 posts)And if a LE official doesn't particularly like someone, he/she can show up 12 times a week to harass the hell out of them.
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)Let Rep. Fincher volunteer himself and his whole family for random drug testing.