How much information can the government demand from us? *UPDATED*
Bookworm on Jun 23 2009 at 10:48 pm | Filed under: Uncategorized
I dashed it off quickly and it shows in inelegant and repetitious passages, but I think the point I was making is a good one: Is Obama’s government planning unconstitutional invasions of citizen privacy? Tell me what you think.
UPDATE: Funnily enough, today, for the first time in about ten years, I need to prepare a jury questionnaire!
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I think it was very well written and timely. I didn’t know that ACORN had gotten involved in the process. Our household had already decided that the Census gets the number of people and the sex of each in our household and nothing else.
Good clear and concise information.
Key word – enumeration!
Name, rank and serial number optional.
Book says in her excellent linked post:
All of which boils down to this question: Is Bachmann right that, while the Legislature may ask myriad personal questions, the nexus of the constitutional right to privacy and the extremely limited government right to a census means that Americans cannot be forced to provide more than numerical information? I’d like to think Bachmann is correct, but with the Supreme Court swiftly on the road to becoming just another wing of the Democratic White House, I wouldn’t bet my $5,000 on that answer.
I hope we’ll all find out the answer to this question of legality.
Does the Census form mandate that we must answer all questions, explicitly, on the form itself?
I have every intention of providing precisely the information required, and not one iota further. But I do intend to follow the law, whatever it may turn out to be. Sigh, that I have to say such a phrase concerning the law: “whatever it may turn out to be.” This is what happens when the government intrusion in your life expands with such draconian speed and power.