Automated Enforcement--red Light Cameras: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Highways and Transportation [i.e. Transit] of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, First Session, July 31, 2001

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Page 65 - Here again the language of the great charter is, that no freeman shall be taken or imprisoned but by the lawful judgment of his equals, or by the law of the land.
Page 65 - By the law of the land, is most clearly intended, the general law; a law, which hears before it condemns; which proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial.
Page 47 - But this effort to decide whether or not a given "area," viewed in the abstract, is "constitutionally protected" deflects attention from the problem presented by this case. For the Fourth Amendment protects people, not places. What a person knowingly exposes to the public, even in his own home or office, is not a subject of Fourth Amendment protection. But what he seeks to preserve as private, even in an area accessible to the public, may be constitutionally protected.
Page 67 - they that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Page 49 - Where, as here, the Government uses a device that is not in general public use, to explore details of the home that would previously have been unknowable without physical intrusion, the surveillance is a "search" and is presumptively unreasonable without a warrant.
Page 83 - Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?' 'A republic,' replied the Doctor, 'if you can keep it';
Page 59 - Interested under a deed, will or other written instrument, or under a contract, or who desires a declaration of his rights or duties with respect to another, or in respect to, in, over or upon property, or with respect to the location of the natural channel of a water course, may in cases of actual controversy relating to the legal rights and duties of the respective parties, bring an action in the superior court for a declaration of his rights and duties In the premises.
Page 84 - Motorists are more likely to be injured in crashes involving red-light-running than in other types of crashes. Occupant injuries occurred in 45 percent of the red light running crashes, compared to 30 percent for other crash types.3 This is due, in part, to the higher frequency of side-impact crashes.
Page 3 - Mr. FILNER. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for holding this hearing. I am glad that we are following up on the act that we passed last year.
Page 60 - ... and to promote the prosperity and improve the condition of the inhabitants thereof, not inconsistent with the laws and constitution of this State, and the constitution of the United States...

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