The fundamental guaranty of liberties contained in the fourth amendment is as follows: The right of the people to be secure in their persons houses. papers. and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated. and no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause. supported by oath or affirmation. and particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized. The medical beer bill provides absolutely no protection to persons. papers. and effects" of American citizens. and since the passage of this bill shots fired by prohibition agents to halt lawabiding automobilists on the public highway are matters of frequent occurrence. The AntiSaloon League passed in the House the alien deportation bill. which provides for the banishment of any nonnaturalized resident who in the slightest way violates the Volstead Act. In the letter to h1is Congressmen. in which Wheeler ordered the passage of this alien banishment bill. he suggested what amounts to a bill of attainder for American citizens in the formof an amendment to take away citizenship from American citizens who violate in any way the Volstead Act. On October 31. 1921. certain staunch supporters of the AntiSaloon League openly advocated this application of lynch law to bootleggers and complained because Government agents had not shot bootleggers on sight.
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