Letters to the Editor Mesa Tribune po box 1547 Mesa AZ 85210letters to the editor The Arizona Republic P.O. Box 1950 Phoenix AZ 85001
Feb 1, 2001
dear editor:
the founding fathers created the bill of rights to keep totalitarian tryants like sen bowers from turning america into a police state.
sen bowers bill 1380 which makes it a crime not to cooperate with the authorities in a criminal investigation would override the 4th and 5th amendments.
exersizing your 5th amendment rights and refusing to answer police questions or exersizing your 4th amendment rights and refusing to consent to a search would be a crime under sen bowers bill.
sen bowers i think you would get along with stalin, mao, and hitler just fine.
mike ross