Ruling Lets Gov’t TRESPASS on 96% of PRIVATE Land in the U.S.

Your home is supposed to be your castle. But what about the land your castle sits on? We discuss why it is that most private land in America gets no protection from warrantless government surveillance. We are joined by IJ attorney and co-director of IJ’s Project on the Fourth Amendment, Josh Windham.
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[@gr-os4gd]

This is what illegitimate government looks like.

[@jpjohnbo]

I would replace "illegitamate" with "tyrannical" to be more correct.

[@nitsudocsicnarf347]

Government is slavery. Authority does not exist.

[@user-gz4ve8mw9l]

@@jpjohnbo USA government has always been like this tragically. Nothing but legalized criminal monsters, that everyone is at the mercy of.

[@hugokatz]

This is the fruit of Alcohol Prohibition, and The War on Drugs.

[@DonnieDarko727]

It's always been. Day 1.

[@MikeSmith-nu9wt]

I told the sherriff not to go outback he showed me his badge and said he could go look anywhere , well...when my big bull discovered him in the pasture he wanted to play and started chasing him , i yelled to him " show him your badge , show him your badge " ! 😂😂

[@codyharney2997]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@CivilizedWarrior]

That’s an old joke. But a good one.

[@fredcarbery3966]

Lol

[@corruptedMegabit]

That's just too perfect, I wish I could have been a fly in the field lmao!

[@logicthought24]

@@CivilizedWarrior A tasty well roasted chestnut. 😋

[@skydivingcomrade1648]

“We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the Courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who wold pervert the Constitution” - Abraham Lincoln

[@kimberHD45]

complains about tyranny, quotes hypocritical tyrant. perfect.

[@mikewilliams2072]

If the American public dosent wake up that is exactly what is going to happen!

[@user-oh1ek7vm9k]

Damned right!!

[@datroof2262]

No. You the people, are a revenue stream now shut up and pay your taxes, citizen. You have zero rights. And there is not a goddamn thing you are going to do about it. So shut up.

[@billytheman]

Honest Abe violated the constitution many times.

[@hornett22]

It's disturbing how arrogant the government has gotten about catching us breaking the laws they exempt themselves from.

[@debanda4504]

That’s why they are called hypocrites

[@davidshafer6388]

Unconstitutional laws. Lets send these Red Coats back to England

[@steelhead197]

If they make everyone a criminal for something, we are a communist country

[@ObamaoZedong]

And people think we need to repeal the Amendment ending in "Shall Not Be Infringed".

[@DavidKinworthy]

@@ObamaoZedong yea, you think its bad now

[@mreb1863]

Fishing for evidence without a warrant sounds a lot like fishing without a license.

[@fishmonger7020]

Ha!

[@Fawn91193]

If this were a free country, no one would need a license to fish, or do anything else.

[@skylarkmyself796]

double standards for illegit authoritarians

[@xrystalskyes2838]

Yet when they find cp they leave it there.

[@jacobbauer9812]

@@Fawn91193 you have to pay for fresh water fishing because the government will stock the water with fish. Someone needs to pay for that.

[@TheMaster1]

If you pay the Government property taxes on the land it should be protected. If the Government says otherwise than they should not be allowed to tax the land.

[@MamaMOB]

If you pay the government property taxes it's because they own the land and you're renting it from them. They can do whatever the hell they want with land they own and are renting to you. No land in the United States is owned by a person it's all owned by the government. That's what property taxes and eminent domain are. The government demanding rent for the land you're borrowing and them taking it back when they don't want you to borrow it anymore.

[@soulknight89]

​@@MamaMOB this... the moment you stop paying property tax, the gov will seize your property.

[@eaglesclaws8]

@@MamaMOB in a land where everyone is armed. so smart bud...

[@patmcbride9853]

Even renters deserve protection.

[@LibertyWarrior1776]

They own your land if your paying taxes on it. You need to find the original Land Pattent and, from there get the Alloidal Title and put it in a Trust, then you can take it out of the Govts overreaching hands.

[@skydivingcomrade1648]

None of the branches of government have any authority to violate our rights, especially the ones spelled out in the constitution

[@WebsInYourHead]

Good luck with that. Every president since bush has signed onto the Emergency Powers Act since the 9/11 f@lse fl@g. They can do whatever they want to you. They don't need permission.

[@Defundthemasons]

This is The Patriot Act in Progress! Sorry, I voted for bush TWICE so I'm Responsible for The Loss of OUR Freedoms!

[@datroof2262]

Um, they have no right but they will. They will do whatever they want when they want and nothing will ever happen. Don't fool yourself. The constitution is no longer in play. And you all asked for this! You saw a non election in 2020...did nothing. You went through covid like the good compliant people you are. You think the constitution ..matters?! Fool!

[@thengine7]

You are 100% wrong on that one. The court interprets the constitution for us plebs. If SCOTUS says that cops can laugh at the fourth amendment for their safety, then cops will shoot you dead if you try to go against that.

[@trishaholmeide2192]

But, they pervert their authority to disadvantage us from exercising our rights--look at the myraid of gun laws that make it difficult to exercise our 2nd amendment rights!

[@surferdudemi]

Start doing that surveillance on the homes of justices of the Supreme Court, and you'll see the Court's position change in favor of more privacy.

[@Annie0-ys8oj]

Actually you would be arrested or worse.

[@surferdudemi]

@@Annie0-ys8oj So you think police officers and game wardens would be arrested if they set up surveillance on a supreme Court justice's home / land?

[@Annie0-ys8oj]

@@surferdudemi No, I think if someone wears a government badge they can do anything they want. But if a citizen tried surveillance on any government official they would be arrested or worse. We live in a totally controlled state where government no longer recognizes the Constitution or Bill of Rights and it will only get worse because Americans do not have the cohesive structure to defend our rights. We can only talk about it on social media.

[@surferdudemi]

@@Annie0-ys8oj it's getting better because people like The Civil Rights Lawyer are making people more aware and filing suit against government officials, defeating qualified immunity

[@Annie0-ys8oj]

@@surferdudemi we can only hope. But it looks pretty much that it’s not going to correct fast enough for the final takedown which is happing at a faster rate every day. Just look at the foreclosures that are happening that are just being silently purchased in mass by private equity. Tentacles are in every part of our lives, food, health, private ownership, justice system , right down to government intervention into the parent child relationship. The battles are being fought in small ways all over the place but Goliath can take a lot of arrows.

[@Jugalassas]

If you permit a group of people to abuse their presumed authority and the protection from prosecution for doing so, they will never do the proper and Lawful thing, ever again!!!!!!!!!!!

[@MamaMOB]

Why do the people whose job it is to enforce our law need protection from it? And don't give me the bullshit of trespassing. We could just write a law saying that when necessary cops can trespass! We could also make a separate law for undercover work. Regular cops don't need the same protections that undercover cops need. And it's ridiculous that they have them.

[@coldkill207]

We already have that, if there's enough evidence police can get warrants to circumvent rights to a degree. Undercover has to work within the law or the evidence collected can become fruit of the poisonous tree. The big issue with what police are doing is they figured out they don't actually get in trouble when they break the law so they started ignoring law. If the police want to screw your life over temporarily or even permanently just because they want to, they can do whatever they feel like and just say for officer saftey and the courts then go oh okay carry on. When that doesn't work the courts punish the taxpayers by paying out settlements instead of punishing the bad behavior of the police. And that only happens if it gets to the court to begin with since police investigate police and DAs are gun shy to go after police.

[@texture6]

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. What POWERS are reserved to the people The right's that are wither away by the courts and politicians

[@coldkill207]

Looks like the youtube overlords didn't like me speaking the truth, they deleted my comment

[@ygrittesnow1701]

@@coldkill207 They are doing this a lot lately. And to some rather benign comments.

[@amamdawhatever]

How is this not the tyranny the founders warned about?

[@overciy9thquadrant992]

it is

[@mikewilliams2072]

This is exactly what this is!!!!! Wake up America before it is too late!!!!!!!

[@kimkulesa3041]

@@mikewilliams2072 - It's already too late. Don't think the founders expected we'd just sit by, watch, and do nothing for many years.

[@lonniebeal6032]

Had the founding fathers been around, J6 would have been real, most democraps would be in prison and a few under it.

[@WebsInYourHead]

It is, but since we have M@rx!sts, S0c!@l!sts, C0mmun!sts, and Z!0n!sts running our government, old rules are out the window, new rules are theirs. Your ignorant countrymen voted for these people.

[@Arminius420]

The Government is totally overreaching itself this needs to stop.

[@LisaSimplified]

I am absolutely so done with the government. So very done.

[@stephanreiken9912]

'It wasnt stolen its in possession of the game department'. That's stolen

[@YouveBeenMiddled]

So you're saying they took something that wasn't theirs, without permission from the owner... Now, what do we call that boys and girls?

[@donald2665]

@@YouveBeenMiddled Tyranny.

[@misterlyle.]

Unconstitutional or unethical removal of property from its owner in a manner that broadly infringes on basic rights, similar to asset forfeiture, and in some eminent domain cases.

[@mikewilliams2072]

Yes and I would want it back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@arcflash2053]

Right. I would want to know where my property was with the intention of retrieving it.

[@darrinwebber4077]

As George Carlin said.... You have no Rights. Only Privileges that can be taken away at any time.

[@user-gz4ve8mw9l]

Know it all to well, I was falsely imprisoned because someone said something about me and got a judge to sign off on it at 7 years old. Nearly all my constitutional rights were stolen from me to this very day I'm fighting the government. The people have since confessed in front of a judge to lying. However nobody seems to care citing statute of limitations protects criminals who ruin innocent peoples lives. That somehow I had to know and do something about it at 9 years of age...

[@MatthewHolevinski]

I was just thinking about him yesterday, damn I miss him.

[@MrDLRu]

You only have the rights you can defend in court...And yes, must can't do that and even worse, licensed attorneys can't defend them for you.

[@carrolbrooks2143]

​@@MrDLRuI fell through a window, in base housing in Japan, that had been illegal since the year housing was built 23 years before!?!!. I spent 6 weeks in medical hold and had 8 inches of nerve removed ,from my right leg, to reattach my Ulnar nerve in my right arm! I tried to get representation, to file a Lawsuit against the Base, after a 6 year old boy peeled the skin off his right forearm, after falling through the same glass in his house, 6 months later!?! I got called to the JAG office, to find that the only Lawyer I could have hired to represent me was now representing the Air Force against me, she was a Reservist in Okinawa, who's Active Reserve time was rushed forward, and assigned to our Base, so she couldn't help, due to conflict of interest!?!! The Doctors refused therapy and refused to sign papers, to qualify me for Disability. I'm a Marine Veteran and Spouse of a Retired Air Force Veteran.

[@MrDLRu]

@@carrolbrooks2143 ....you should look this guy up, george gordon school of law in Isabella, MO. Best pro-se litigator there was. You, like most everyone, don't have a clue. Tell, me, there are 7 ways to enter a plea, but a judge or lawyer for that matter, will tell you to enter a plea of guilty or not guilty. So why is that?

[@BraskHouseConcerts]

We could and should view all of the constitution in this way. When in doubt, shut the gov. out.

[@MrDLRu]

Typical that the govt agents think they can steal someones trail cam and then the local Sheriff lackey essentially saying it's ok.

[@WinstonSmithGPT]

Because all of them go home safe that night.

[@brutusmaximus5380]

There no point in paying taxes when your home is subject to invasion at any moment.

[@rightsdontcomewithpermits7073]

Lol. You are renting the land. So here is the point. 😂

[@skeetorkiftwon]

​@@rightsdontcomewithpermits7073Natural Law is rearing its ugly head again and will soon be reminding everyone that authority doesn't come from appointment but rather from ability and its application. A few more million illegals and they'll lose control of the cities and everyone who eats every meal off a truck will be briskly whisked off this mortal coil.

[@WebsInYourHead]

Then you will lose it and you will no longer have a home to be concerned about. no one is getting out of taxes now that the IRS has their own militia. They never thanked you for all those nice new guns, did they.

[@skeetorkiftwon]

@@WebsInYourHead have you seen their "militia?" Lol

[@xrystalskyes2838]

As they’re all buying surveillance cameras so to be watched, ha!

[@Strideo1]

Once the land is fenced off it should no longer be considered an "open field".

[@Nick_B_Bad]

Fenced and gated with posted no trespassing signs every 10’ 😂

[@lokiva8540]

What does it cost for 6' high chain link fence with gates around a 30 acre parcel? That's close to 7000 feet of fence, far above most private land owner's budgets. That kind of fence also disrupts wildlife, in ways where a legal standard based on that kind of arrogant costs imposition and tampering with nature violates religious and cultural rights, if honestly upheld. That may be why a mix of limited signs plus in between tree paint swatches are recognized in some states, but so inconsistently most of us wouldn't recognize such provisions in law if not local and familiar.

[@davefletch3063]

@@lokiva8540 using trees and bushes instead is a better option

[@alexandergramirez]

You would think that would be quite clear and obvious...specially if they are "literalists" and use the specific wording in the constitution as their excuse to violate people's rights. Another point of evidence for how corrupt these judges are

[@lokiva8540]

@@davefletch3063 The other consideration is how some states ban obstructions to running cattle, under old provisions to move them to railroads across neighboring ranches, whereas other states presume a need to protect crops in farms. Water rights are the less visible counterpart, of very messy law across states and even into Canada.

[@user-tn1hk6zm2f]

Under the Constitution the people have the rights to own private property and in those rights they have sole dominion over what they hold.

[@wmb5240]

These same govt agents will kick you out of their public offices..

[@hpb5495]

The Bureaucrat Plague is the worst plague, ever.

[@ronwilliams9884]

The Fourth Branch of Gov. Unelected and can throw you in a cell.

[@alexandergramirez]

Not bureaucrats, corrupt officials. Most of them are just people doing their job. Someone had to make a decision to harass this man and then attempt to claim it was lawful and justified. Some random secretary or home inspector is not at fault

[@rightsdontcomewithpermits7073]

Armed cowards are even worse plague.

[@JohnSmith-ik8nt]

So you​@@rightsdontcomewithpermits7073

[@ronaldsmith6829]

And you ain't whistl'in Dixie my friend!

[@PepeToTheMooon]

Nothing is really yours. Which is sad. Imminent domain and property taxes basically prove that.

[@hastyhillfarmand4x480]

We rent it all from the people in perceived power.

[@katiekane5247]

​@@hastyhillfarmand4x480mass non-compliance is needed.

[@MamaMOB]

Property taxes don't basically prove it they do prove it. You have to pay rent on land you supposedly own. Which means you don't own it. You're renting it from the government.

[@mrjelly5718]

wen pepe moon?

[@LadyIarConnacht]

@@MamaMOB Which means democracy is nothing but a scam. We are still ruled by a wealthy, powerful group of families just as much as if we were under a monarchy.

[@lifetools-help8017]

Please help us with HOA violations of our privacy. They are unconstitutional and OUT OF CONTROL!!!

[@thogevoll]

I follow Steve Lehto and enjoy his reports about the good work the IJ is doing. I hope to see a turnaround on the quasi-legal theft of money and property by the police.

[@brittabadie1512]

And end qualified immunity. The fact that’s even a thing makes my Fing blood boil. Who would have thought an entire group of people would get a pass to violate rights

[@MamaMOB]

And not just any group of people but the group of people we've put in charge of enforcing our laws. The people we've put in charge of enforcing our laws don't have to follow them themselves! Hell they don't even have to know what they are! They can just arrest us for whatever the fuck they want! Or not which is even worse! Ask New York, Chicago, LA, any blue City really.

[@vaughn1804]

Good luck taking away their "get out of jail free" card.

[@Despiser25]

This is one of the few times that the Judiciary was allowed to write a law and pass it themselves while the other two branches smiled and patted them on the back. This is how the USSR operated.

[@post-leftluddite]

​@@Despiser25every branch encroached on the others....the legislature passed mandatory minimum sentences encroaching on the judiciary, the executive makes executive orders encroaching on the legislature and the judiciary invents laws....it's by design

[@Despiser25]

@@post-leftluddite Qualified Immunity none of the branches felt encroached upon, lol. They all high fived and laughed at us suckers. That was my point.

[@justinhale5693]

There is also an issue where an armed trespasser looks like a *common* criminal so much so that a reasonable homeowner would perceive this as an *illegal* trespass and respond with violence.

[@YouveBeenMiddled]

Randy, Vicky and Samuel Weaver would agree.

[@richarddow69]

Yep Ruby Ridge

[@eaglesclaws8]

thus for all tyrants. that being said your def not going to get the same legal treatment that they get. if you survive you will go to jail most likely...

[@7.62x51ftp]

@@eaglesclaws8a good cause then? “The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants” - Thomas Jefferson

[@damonr4136]

Agree 💯

[@unitedstatesdale]

6 revenue agents went missing during the prohibition era and were never found

[@rayhartpence1820]

I'm a landowner.My house sits on less than one percent of my land A rancher a farmer I have a big problem with them coming on my land it's illegal as far as i'm concerned . I took an oath to protect and defend the constitution of the united states against foreign and domestic enemies.

[@Semper_Iratus]

"And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if every Security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family? Or if, during periods of mass arrests, as for example in Leningrad, when they arrested a quarter of the entire city, people had not simply sat there in their lairs, paling with terror at every bang of the downstairs door and at every step on the staircase, but had understood they had nothing left to lose and had boldly set up in the downstairs hall an ambush of half a dozen people with axes, hammers, pokers, or whatever else was at hand?.. The Organs would very quickly have suffered a shortage of officers and transport and, notwithstanding all of Stalin's thirst, the cursed machine would have ground to a halt!" -Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

[@mikewilliams2072]

Exactly

[@combatreadypappy]

Very pertinent quote from THE GULAG ARCHIPELAGO. This book needs to be read and reread every few years. It's hard for so many to believe that anything similar can happen in the US, even while the same thirst for domination and power exists here with most of our government's "leaders" as with those in the former Soviet Union. Everything put in place to encourage and enable the people of The US effectively to prevent such tyranny is methodically being watered down to the potency of a post-op tranny at best. When interpretation of our constitution is left to those unwilling to respect man and unable to define woman, who unapologetically stumble over such clearly-worded phrases as "shall not be infringed," yet still we don't fight back with all the "axes, hammers, pokers" at our disposal, then we deserve what what they got far more than they.

[@unbreakable7633]

The courts basically just let the government do whatever it wants. There's a very old word for this and James Madison warned us it would happen: tyranny.

[@Fawn91193]

We're on Maritime Law. Educate yourself.

[@donald2665]

@@Fawn91193 Why don't YOU Educate us? Just stating :We are on Maritime Law. Educate yourself explains nothing and explains nothing about the issues in question.

[@mikewilliams2072]

The very reason the constitution was written and adopted by our fore fathers to protect us from govermental tyranny and now the government wants to piss on the constitutional rights of the people that came here to escape tyranny!!! This is what the Democrats want , they want to control every aspect of people's lives,and only a select few will be able to live as they want!!!! Democrats!!!! What is it going to take for people to wake up and see what is going on with the Democrats!!!!!!

[@teribrekken6222]

​@@donald2665 I'm thinking researching this law is enough to say.

[@donald2665]

@@teribrekken6222 Good for You. Then go for it. Then perhaps You can Educate us, if you so feel inclined, on what interpretations that you consider are real, relevant, and which "control" our Lives under Maritime Law, based upon the discovery and research. I am busy enough attempting to draw the attention of the Citizenry to the Very Foundation of our Individual Rights and Freedoms - The Bill of Rights. And attempting to contain comments to sound bites a gnat can read and comprehend, as no one will read nor attempt to understand some communications longer than a sentence, or two at best. Respectfully, and In Freedom, From Central FL

[@navyphil6105]

Under these guidelines, if I irritate a police officer or government official; they could come onto my property and place a camera up to watch everything I do as long as it is not in my house or curtilage. Ridiculous.

[@Poppy_love59]

Excellent excellent Guest. Mr Windham is so knowledgeable and well spoken. I would definitely feel comfortable with this young man defending me in any court of law!

[@mrcory1236]

That whole going onto the man's property without a warrant, wearing ghillie suits sounds like these officers are asking for another ruby ridge to happen

[@mikewilliams2072]

If they can't find the body how can anyone say what might have happened!!!!!

[@RisenGlorfindel]

I wanted to be a game warden or some other law enforcement when I was in college. Thankfully I pursued other avenues. They deserve little to no respect for the way they act. No love for tyranny.

[@valentinius62]

I considered applying for the state troopers at that age. Glad I decided to do something more worthwhile with my degree and my time.

[@jnh2174]

Absolutely unacceptable!! We Americans are losing more rights yet no one knows

[@irishamerican4558]

The old saying is "Somebody ought to do something". Well; IJ is the somebody & they are doing it. Support them if you can.

[@JeffSherlock]

We fight wars to prevent this. Fight back. Everyone, fight back.

[@katiekane5247]

We fight wars for profit and colonialism, where have you been?

[@jayenaish1894]

Fight for you, not someone else

[@debanda4504]

jayenaish1894 Is that what my coward neighbors are doing while they invade my property covertly ?

[@ChucklesMcGurk]

sure, are you going to lead the way?

[@mikewilliams2072]

Exactly

[@rudder727]

Thanks to the Institute of Justice.. Tennessee Wildlife Resource officers now need a warrant to go on private land.

[@branthonkanen8681]

They always needed a warrant

[@mikewilliams2072]

I hope you are right!!!!!!!

[@PictureMaker22]

Thank you for everything you do on pushing back against the criminal elements of law enforcement.

[@chineseredneck1211]

How does the gov justify "stealing" his camera

[@hashbrown4781]

They work for us, not us for them. Time for a change.

[@wsmc8275]

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[@wsmc8275]

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[@Fawn91193]

They do not work for us. Only a delusional fool would believe that.

[@maidenthe80sla]

That is what they made you think over all the years while they brainwashed you to be an unquestioning and obedient minion. They work for the highest paying donors and you as a basic citizen do not have enough money to do anything to make change.

[@NormBrennan]

way past time

[@irdmoose]

These fishing expeditions are quite simply a case of, "Show us the man, we'll show you the crime."

[@onicronprime118]

I mean, I've always knew the wildlife warden was above the law. I was alway told they are the only ones and most poachers fear that. Everywhere I've been, it's just the norm

[@Knucklehead4400]

Lavrenti Beria

[@AboveAverageMan97]

Have you seen Joe Biden? Plenty of crime there.

[@AboveAverageMan97]

@@Knucklehead4400 Yogi Bear wants your picinic baskets!

[@danielbockmann883]

I finally found something I feel passionate enough about to consistently donate. We appreciate everything you do!

[@DavidJohnsonFromSeattle]

Wait, I can see how they could walk onto the man's property, but how the heck could they justify stealing the man's camera without a warrant???

[@tonytaylor5461]

This is why I will never refer to myself as a "Law Abiding Citizen". It doesn't matter. They created the laws and exempt themselves from them.

[@DISABILITY-ADVOCATE-ASK4HELP]

U A moral person is The answer The only Law is Gods law.

[@Defundthemasons]

Blame the Lawyers - They're the ones who CRAFT the CONTRACTS AND TERMS OF SERVICE

[@steyraug96]

​@@DefundthemasonsI learned a long time back, contracts aren't worth the paper they're printed on. Pretty sad...

[@datroof2262]

I don't follow laws. There are none. There's only one law the law of the gun. I still realize there are things I should not be caught doing and take care but ...respect the law? Ok...show me a single law! Oh yeah that one ...the law against not being wealthy.

[@bethteer1509]

​@@Defundthemasons Just about EVERY single person in government started out as a "SNAKE in the grass" Attorney*Lawyer!! Then they became " poli aka MANY * Bloodsucking TICS* ians!!! Anyway you look at them, 99.9% AREN'T For "WE, the PEOPLE"!!

[@danstewart2770]

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[@p51dman]

And without the help of the IJ it has been ruled in the state of Montana, a person "has no reasonable expectation of privacy" in their home. THANKS IJ!!!!

[@AasraTeraa]

i love you guys for helping people and standing up for whats right 💙🙏

[@klauslamb4177]

Tyranny

[@jupitercyclops6521]

Yep. Imagine gov ruling gov can come on your property any time. Gov ruling gov can violate your rights any time.

[@jugo1082]

​@@jupitercyclops6521lawsuit for days

[@paulharvey1947]

Personally, if I ever find a camera anywhere on my property or someone on my property will truly understand No Trespassing

[@DreidMusicalX]

Same here. Its time.

[@chrissamson2497]

Same

[@debanda4504]

There is literally nothing you can do about it. The government and its rats have been doing it for decades , and not not only do they invade your home , they put evil technologies in your body. They are the biggest hypocrites and terrorists ever imaginable

[@Rick-ih7wp]

OK hot-head

[@jddavis8431]

Its well past time.

[@tammyalban4462]

They cannot trespass on home stead. I know they tried that on my land and found out the hard way. File homestead rights on your land. I did when I bought my property.

[@friendofcoal]

In the late 1990's, Judge Charles Haden ruled that wherever there is movement/flow of water (streams, rivers, rain flow across the ground/driveway/sidewalk/roof, leaking water hose) the federal government through the US Army Corps of Engineers has jurisdiction of that property.......

[@johnq.public5911]

You place an object on/in my property and walk out/off, that object is therefore ABANDONED and can be LEGALLY retrieved by the property owner.

[@fishmonger7020]

You mean like game cameras and surveillance equipment that the fuzz leaves behind?

[@notmyname3883]

I agree. BUT.............the problem arises when there is identifying information for the gubernment owner on or in the object. Then it becomes theft.

[@jupitercyclops6521]

​@notmyname3883 Is that the same if the object has a citizens name on it?

[@juliafox52]

​@@notmyname3883so what happens if you move or cover it?

[@muddthekingofnothing6249]

Good I can use some more stuff And the government has some of the best stuff

[@DNukinFutz]

Government is taking satellite imagery of every parcel and piece of land across this country. My county sent me a cease and desist letter one year after I moved on to my property. They claimed I built a structure that wasn’t permitted. What they found is that I had a large trailer parked there. If you have a permit here, once it’s closed, they set a timer to look at the land the next year to see what else you’ve done. That is a 🐂 💩 practice and I’m still pissed about it.

[@madjack8893]

They’re mapping inside homes too. They can see everything.

[@TheScotsman1977]

​@@madjack8893This is why they got rid of leas based paint.

[@datroof2262]

You can be pissed. Just don't think you or anyone will do a damn thing. You have zero rights. Get used to it.

[@jasonpounders8456]

​@@TheScotsman1977Led bulbs as well open some and look

[@georgiamoody1821]

The power of rhododendrons planted for a "green" roof will defeat the technology of looking inside structures. Lead powder can be added to paint. Inner walls can be painted and placed inside between outer and inside walls. Kids cannot "lick" off the paint as ignorant government lawmakers complain as the reason lead is removed from paint. Lol. Wisdom wins against the foolishness and blindness of government lawmakers. There is lawlessness coming as people rise up and revolt. People are rapidly losing respect of obedience to laws because they are so numerous and ridiculous and the real criminals are continued to be released out of jail or not arrested. Government thinks that laws protect their actions on private property. Lol. Some lessons will be taught them that stupid laws will never be obeyed and they will die trying to enforce them. The wise will strategize how to defeat many because then the smallest unit will always lose against them and the largest unit will also be defeated. The enemy is counting on people remaining stupid and compliant until they lose their heads and government seizes everything for themselves. There is a power that will defeat all the weapons and technology that has been invented. The enemy hopes people won't find this hidden power. Everyone has this power but few find it to know how to access it and exercise it to use it against the enemy. The power to move mountains. Enoch moved mountains. Judah moved stones that broke down all walls surrounding towns and all walls of every house in 12 cities to destroy them all in one night. When people wake up and realize the power is within them and to stop fearing government and to realize that only law breakers will receive eternal life because only those who cannot buy and sell because they refuse to obey the laws of the land and will not take the mark of the beast, then government will begin to know fear of death by trying to enforce their evil laws they think to pass. Be wise. Think how to defeat all that they plan. Their weakness is that they rely on technology. It will fail. They will then rely on numbers. They have no knowledge of the power to move mountains. As long as believers are kept blinded by controlled educated theologians controlling what people believe because they are educated to know and understand better what others can read for themselves but place their trust in others to control what they think, then government can keep doing all the evil to it's citizens it plans to do. The asleep people will willingly go to centers without exit except to choose beheading or take the injection. Faith is not belief. Faith is the power used to create everything seen and unseen. Enoch found it. Elijah found it. Noah learned it and taught it. Abraham learned it from Noah's son, as recorded in removed book of Jasher. The truth is kept secret and hidden. Faith comes by hearing the preserved sound frequency contained in the word. Romans 10:17. The time when the language was one language, the whole world was using this power to move rocks to build a tower. The people had become like Yahuah in using the power of faith that enabled them to do all that they thought. The only thing that stopped this power was confusion of sound frequency! Faith comes by hearing the word that is preserved in one language preserving the sound frequency through singing the word. It cannot be translated as the Bible has been translated into all languages. The sounds in singing that have been preserved and passed down throughout time in one language only comes by hearing. Faith comes by hearing. And everyone has a heart, the missing 7 sided geometry form that the law written on stone is also written on the heart and mind. The power contained in the heart that few find. Faith is not belief as is taught by all educated theologians who do not know the truth nor what faith is. Revelation 14:12. John 14:12. There will be a lot of people waking up and learning how to access the power and will use it to defeat the enemy. All who remain alive through to the end will live by using the power of faith to do all that the Messiah did and more! Wake up people. Start moving mountains. Find the power of faith and exercise it. Government will never be able to defeat those people who find faith.

[@mrj3217]

“whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness], it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government.” It is time for a citizen's intervention. We have lost the spirit of America. But we have the right to fix it.

[@trishaholmeide2192]

Thank you for helping us understand the corruption of our rights.

[@Constitution1789]

We need to repeal the 16th Amendment. Cut off the federal government's access to direct income taxes.

[@UncleKennysPlace]

With so little of the population actually paying meaningful amounts (as designed), there's no support for that.

[@user-lh5re8jh7u]

​@@UncleKennysPlacemost people pay more than any billionaire.

[@davidbohn5651]

@@user-lh5re8jh7u false equivalency

[@Despiser25]

Um, as long as they have the Federal Reserve they dont need tax money. They simply sell Govt bonds to the Fed who then prints as many dollars as they want and they all laugh at you suckers that think taxes are real.

[@branthonkanen8681]

16 amendment was never ratified and proven by patriot Red Beckman and the Montana Patriots in a book called, The Law that Never was.

[@sarinredfield]

I feel that privacy is a joke in this country.

[@SignatureServices-uz2df]

I feel that freedom is a joke in this country.

[@grmpEqweer]

Roe vs Wade was based on a right to privacy in medical care. The SCOTUS have, in tossing that case law, decided the state has a right to police your junk. ... Government small enough to fit in your underpants.

[@KH-rt3ef]

I feel government overreach is unjustifiably prevalent in this country.

[@valentinius62]

What is this "privacy" of which you speak...?🤔

[@valentinius62]

​@@SignatureServices-uz2dfNot at all. As long as you do what you're told. 👮

[@John-qh8id]

I'm curious to find out. Where in the Constitution that it states that the Supreme Court makes law's. I thought the role was to decide whether law that it was passing through Congress was constitutional or unconstitutional.

[@anthonypettit3713]

Post no trespassing and a warning clearly visible that violators will be met with force and seen as a threat to the life of my family and myself and no question will be asked and no authority will be notified of the body disposal

[@mikewilliams2072]

I like the way you think!!!!!!!!

[@cetilly]

I LOVE these young people standing up and protecting the constitution. God bless you guys!

[@kaboom4679]

It's certainly a very novel undertaking . They may be the first to do so in , oh , 247 years or so ..

[@ericarachel55]

time for the people to demand a reversal, WE are the government

[@branthonkanen8681]

We are the kuntas On the good plantation of the United States of America

[@TheScotsman1977]

Indeed

[@lukebrunner1548]

Thank you so much for the work you do to protect and fight for ALL Americans' rights! I wish you the best of luck with all of your cases. The trespassing thieves that took your client's property deserve to return it intact and without deleting anything before being prosecuted for those crimes.

[@joshuamaier3482]

Thanks for this video, and thank you Institute for Justice, for taking these cases. As one of millions who hunts and enjoys rural land, this is a huge issue

[@einyv]

Since this SCOTUS discards precedence when they feel like it, they should have no problem discarding open fields

[@consentofthegoverned5145]

Agreed- they have wholly abandoned Stare Decisis

[@RJGa]

This case is beyond Open Fields, they seized (stole) his camera.

[@DaCheapChimp]

Do you think good people would quit if they weren't up for the operations, or is this a desire that we all have deep inside, if not most.🤔🤔🤔

[@freedomspromise8519]

I was in our woods, walking. A game warden was hiding behind trees. I told him I saw him and told him he did not need to hide. In Ohio, game wardens have the right to go where the sheriff cannot. He tried to start an argument with me. “I have the right to be here!” No sh**. I just laughed. I told him I knew he had a right to be there. I asked him if there was a particular reason he felt he needed to sneak around. He said he does this often, all over the county. Okay. I offered him some iced tea as it was incredibly hot. He said no thanks. I shrugged my shoulders and started walking again. He just stood there watching me. Not creepy for a woman at all. We never did figure out why he was there.

[@mikezupancic2182]

I absolutely love these longer videos explaining current cases and the law.

[@dontwitty1656]

TN. Has stopped wildlife officers trespassing on private property

[@Jeffreymart]

Good to hear.

[@LeverPhile]

Have they, though?

[@roflchopter11]

​@@LeverPhileIt's Tennessee. If the government doesn't stop game wardens from trespassing, the citizens might do so more directly.

[@AbNomal621]

Simple reality is that we should NEVER allowed the Supreme Court to essentially create entire doctrines which become “the law.”

[@missmorena1049]

Abolish the supreme court! It’s not supposed to exist

[@peacemaker9807]

Don't you love unelected people making your laws. Ahem, doctrine. If you ask me, since open fields is only a doctrine, it should not just be allowed to be used as though it is a law. Every opportunity is used should be challenged, and it should lose by default, because it's not law.

[@JohnMoses1897]

​@@peacemaker9807👍APA - Next "the agencies" will lie to spineless judge to get "no knock warrants" to serve at 5am and ATF (unalive) you

[@Dan.50]

why does the government tell us that it's "laws" are oh so important while at the same time exempting themselves from those laws???

[@user-yx3zl4kh8h]

The Federal courts establish the minimum standards for constitutional rights, it cannot prevent States from establishing higher standards for individual rights.

[@frankherman5195]

If a small plane constantly circles your property BEWARE.

[@GeneralChangOfDanang]

It depends. Could just be a student practicing for their flight test.

[@sdmahoney2]

@@GeneralChangOfDanang Especially if you live near an airport. Once they get the license, they then need so many take offs and landings to maintain so they do what is called Touch and Gos to fulfill the license renewals.

[@stephanreiken9912]

I would like to say my thought, that the Supreme Court under the constitution did not have the legal authority to create qualified immunity. Due to the separation of powers, only the Legislature can write laws.

[@thorwilkinson2565]

I don’t care what the Supreme Court said , they also said slavery was legal. It would be very unhealthy for anyone to search my land anywhere. Armed people coming onto my land is considered a threat.

[@fountainvalley100]

A lot of these problems go away if in each county there was a separately elected special prosecutor that is charged by law to prosecute police, the regular district attorney and judges. There would need to be a separate judge that only oversees these cases.

[@CrimsonRaven86]

The fact that even if you have fencing and posted no trespass signs it's not protected from trespass is wild.

[@GahBoe]

Rules for thee, not for me.

[@noodleheaddave2955]

Who enforces trespassing? Law enforcement thats who. So when u post NO trespassing your statement is backed by law. Now " do not enter" no entry speaks more volume when enforcing castle doctrine. Know your place in this world. Warren vs district of Columbia Castle rock vs Gonzalez

[@mikewilliams2072]

That is not what our founding Father's had in mind when the 4th amendment was written into the constitution!!!

[@Brett33]

The government does like to pick and choose how broadly a right can be exercised . " Shall not be infringe" seems pretty easy to understand, but they have infringed on the 2nd Amendment for 100 years .

[@terrybelden876]

Lincoln suspended our constitutional republic and it was never reinstated. We now have a corporation that is acting and pretending to be government, under the color of law. Every state also incorporated and became sub corporations of the federal. If you are a citizen you are a 14th amendment corporate slave, you are not party to the constitution.

[@andrewkenseth4814]

During my law enforcement career I knew of the open fields exception, however I strongly disagreed with it and refused to investigate without a warrant in spaces such as this. It feels wrong to every cop I worked with, this is bad case law. It needs to change. I can do my job as an investigator and develop probable cause for a warrant. We don’t need government intrusion on private land.

[@cmack3625]

Why does a person's effects not include their property, and it it does not, why do I have to pay taxes on my property?

[@nsvo9038]

Because you don't own your land. You lease it from the government and you pay them through property tax. Seriously, stop paying and find out who own that land real fast.

[@katiekane5247]

If your ownership is based on continual payments to retain, is it ownership?

[@boulderingbadger6179]

Yeah pay a million for a home, Don't pay a faulty error 0.00 dollar bill and you can have your home sold out from under you for 3000.00.

[@eaglesclaws8]

@@nsvo9038 the people own it because the people are the gov.... not smart to push a people armed to the fkn teeth and tired of it...

[@junkdubious]

One word, semantics.

[@MamaMOB]

So when does this go to the supreme Court because the Fourth amendment would completely disagree with this ruling. And it's pretty plainly written.

[@Fawn91193]

Hey, genius. Title 28 USC 3002 Section 15A states that the United States is a Federal Corporation and not a government, including the Judiciary Procedural Section. The de jure states in the form of Republics were subsumed, or set aside by the Bankruptcy Act of 1933. Why don't you learn some real history? There is no Supreme Court.

[@frotobaggins7169]

While I agree with you, I think the problem is the 4th amendment uses the word HOME instead of property. The courts and government like to play semantics so they are saying only your home is protected, not your property outside the home. But if you can have someone trespassed, then that defies their logic. Also go lurk and try to set up cameras on GOVERNMENT property and see how THEY perceive the law. If the court actually believes that your HOME is only protected, then I guess your business is not protected and that is open fields as well. They just make it up as the go. If open fields is really a thing, then why do police who knock and talk have to leave when you tell them to. No reasonable person actually believes that the government lurking on your property in cammo, hiding in the woods is reasonable . Try that on G.W. Bushes ranch once and see how it goes.

[@GnosticElohim]

Fourth amendment right my ass you have absolutely no rights! Wake up! Go into a court room and tell the you have a rights and see how long it takes before they locked up forever, your kids are in the system and you have no property, bank account or anything whatsoever.

[@GnosticElohim]

This is America freedom and rights don't exist wake up!.

[@1DwtEaUn]

Awards against officers should come from officer pensions first, and not be restored by taxpayers.

[@ErinSternFIT]

I think it should be mentioned that unless you have alloidial title, you don’t have complete property rights. Most states no longer offer alloidial titles, and if you did own your property completely, you wouldn’t have to pay property tax. We’ve been steadily losing rights for years.

[@cletusaschoff7475]

To take private property off private property is robbery and if they had a gun that's armed robbery and if the sheriff didn't arrest the game and parks officers the sheriff needs charged with neglect of office

[@coryc9040]

Who legitimizes private property? Ultimately it's the most powerful people with the guns.

[@cletusaschoff7475]

@@coryc9040 so your saying to claim the property as private you need a bigger gun the the cops

[@kaboom4679]

The government is the exact same group of armed thugs they insist will take over in their absence .

[@coldkill207]

That's why they're going so hard after our 2A

[@waylonsmith5419]

It's only true if the people are willing to keep the government in check.... it's beyond obvious the American people are not willing to do so

[@calebfielding6352]

If you ask the vast majority of people they will just go with what the law says, if you ask a lawyer or judge they will twist the law into knots.

[@mikewilliams2072]

You got that right!!!!!

[@xrystalskyes2838]

Best legal content I have found in a while. Educational! Thank you

[@kellielaine5848]

Not with Kennedy in charge. Vote wisely.

[@DonnieDarko727]

How do you delegate a Right or power you don't have? YOU cannot tax, make war, kill with immunity, or make laws. So, where did government get that from? Does it change if a group of individuals do it? Do they conjur magical rights?

[@zdrux]

Magical rights... sounds about right

[@adambaum5824]

Precisely. They conjure magical rights.

[@DonnieDarko727]

@@adambaum5824 so government is one big game of pretend?

[@branthonkanen8681]

Yes they conjure them up And granted Sovereignty to themselves It is a usurped sovereignty but they exercise it nonetheless

[@user-gz4ve8mw9l]

If the government decides you are a 3 foot tall fairy, then you are period. If the government declares your neighbor is insane, they are period. If the government declares your daughter a terrorist, then she is period. If the government wants to walk on the land where you live, then they can period. They have a monopoly on truth, what are you going to do about it?

[@benjaminfranklinkivettiv9433]

This country is heading the wrong way. We have way to many laws. If history repeats itself were not far from the end. So sad!

[@mikewilliams2072]

That is exactly what I have been saying for years, what is it going to take for Americans to wake up and see this before it is too late!!!! I guess when we have to start speaking Korean or Chinese some of these Democrat supporters might figure it out, I don't know if they will ever figure it out just keep voting Democrat!!!!!!!!!

[@mrj3217]

These young people I Trust to amend the government after the revolution. We need to ensure Freedom is true freedom. We need to remive all Lefal Loopholes thorugh out all of it. Government is a limited amount of time and we need a structured basic work schedule and min / maximum age limits.

[@martinwhalley3286]

Thanks for the clarification.

[@kevingrierson2331]

Area 51 is an open area. We should be able to wander on the property, no?

[@wsmc8275]

Report back how that works out...

[@anthonyluisi7096]

Good point … however , I wouldn’t want to be the guy to test that theory 😂

[@randallspear8706]

True

[@scawarren]

If you own it it should be protected from government searches without a warrant regardless if it's one acre or a thousand!

[@datroof2262]

Under what? Hey, you all asked for this. You said "please! Take all our rights away!" And they did! So...quit bitchin!

[@MadSceintist]

I'm on my way to trial in a week for being on my own property. Several "violations" and the prosecutor offered me 6 months in jail, $1000. fine, and remove all but 2 vehicles. There's already been a physical altercation between myself a deputy and the code enforcement officer in relation to this. She keeps returning and trespassing even after a Sargent from the sheriff's department has told her to leave without a warrant. I'm going to trial and possibly to a grave shortly after

[@daveplumb6246]

Thank you for what you do❤️💪🏻👍🏻🇨🇦🏁

[@bilboswaggens2975]

Time to start using the 2nd amendment to protect our 4th

[@user-gz4ve8mw9l]

Don't have either of those, and they will take those from the rest of you soon as well. You allowed them to steal mine and countless others falsely as small children. You will soon reap what you have sown.

[@bilboswaggens2975]

@@user-gz4ve8mw9l I didn’t allow anything bud. You did. Stand up for yourself don’t expect someone else to stand up for you. Weakling.

[@DarkWolfsDen]

Since these cameras have motion detectors, one thing you can do is to put motion devices that move every few seconds make them keep taking pictures filling their memory and also to warn others where the cameras are. If they destroy your devices then get them on destruction with private property.

[@MedicTrainerLewis]

I never understood the rationale that the police helicopter use wasn’t a violation of privacy. They used the perspective that the general population can see property from above when they fly commercial airlines. In a commercial flight, I only fly over a property one time, generally too high and too fast to see anything, and with no ability to go back or change a constant view of the property. It seemed like quite a stretch to fit a decision that they obviously wanted to make regardless of the actual legality.

[@MP-qn1jw]

I never did understand why so many people hate the game warden. Thanks this video, and others like it, I now understand exactly why. Thanks IJ!

[@Pandrogas]

Local Agents: Creeping around my property installing cameras for dubious purposes... Me: Starts playing "Copperhead Road" really really loudly.

[@normbograham]

years ago, There was a guy with money, whom bought a few acres in NJ, and decided to put in a commune (he had a commune fantasy). He put a building, with individual apartments, but without bathrooms, and kitchens. They used the public kitchen/bathrooms. The neighbors were losing their minds that the high fence was around the property, and they accused them of being a cult. Their dogs were able to run free in a fenced in area. They could play tennis, but never did. They could play basket ball, but never did. They went to work, paid their "rent", and not much else. The guy in charge, became disillusioned, as the tenants, were not clean, and left their dishes without cleaning too long, nor were they farming for food, etc. So, he was shutting it down for 20 years. While the neighborhood was growing. But the neighbors fear of the fence, got weirder, and weirder. The tenants were upset, because they thought they should have some ownership of the commune. lol. After twenty years, he narrowed it down to one last tenant, and eventually died. Everyone was so worked up, about what illegal activity was going on behind the fence. (lol). The shocker, is how much law enforcement was involved, where no crime was committed. (lol).

[@GeneralChangOfDanang]

@@normbograham There's a lot of nosy people out there who just can't stand this. Makes me think of the Tom Waits song (if you can call it a song): "What's he building?"