The Essential-Liberalism Manifesto (Article IV)
IV. RIGHT TO PROPERTY
1. Private property allowed: Every person
has the right to purchase or otherwise legally obtain, own, possess,
enjoy, and make lawful use of, both personal and real property, and
also do the same in voluntary association with others.
2. Ownership rights granted in
original creations: Every person has the right to
benefit from the protection of the material and moral interests in
one’s intellectual property, including one’s original scientific,
literary, and artistic creations.
3. Property taken only with legal
cause: One’s private property cannot be legally
taken by any person except with one’s consent, in compliance with a
valid legal mandate, or by the government for just compensation and
by demonstration in a court of law of a compelling public need for
such taking.
4. Search and seizure restricted:
One’s person and property cannot be searched against one’s will in a
place where one has a high expectation of privacy (usually a place
of dwelling). Such a search cannot take place, and evidence from
such a search cannot be seized and used against a person, unless a
judge issues a warrant based on a showing that a search of the
specific location and the seizure of the specific items is necessary
to prevent a crime or solve a crime. A warrantless search can be
made if the search is necessitated by compelling and legally
specified emergency circumstances.
In public places, one’s person and property
may be searched and items seized as part of a routine security check
where such checks are normally done (such as airports and
international borders), or in other places (such as one’s car) if
the detaining officer has probable cause to believe the person
searched was involved in the commission of a crime and the items
seized are required as potential evidence.
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