Being wrong Quote by Jeff Bingaman

The power to arrest - to deprive a citizen of liberty - must be used fairly, responsibly, and without bias.

— Loretta Lynch

Government seems to operate on the principle that if even one individual is incapable of using his freedom competently, no one can be allowed…

— Harry Browne

Let no man think we can deny civil liberty to others and retain it for ourselves. When zealous agents of the Government arrest suspected…

— Robert M. La Follette, Sr

Arresting and detaining these dangerous people can make sense, at least until a final decision is reached on their deportation. However, such detention must…

— Otto Schily

“Yes, they manage to sound very reasonable to themselves as they talk of deterring others from crime; but the act of putting a man…

— Barbara Deming

It should go without saying that regular citizens have no authority to arrest or detain anyone.

— Michelle Lujan Grisham

No person shall be restrained of his liberty but by regular process from a court of justice, authorized by a general law. . .…

— Thomas Jefferson

... imprisonment itself, entailing loss of liberty, loss of citizenship, separation from family and loved ones, is punishment enough for most individuals, no matter…

— Mary B. Harris

It is better, so the Fourth Amendment teaches us, that the guilty sometimes go free than the citizens be subject to easy arrest.

— William O. Douglas

“the most important question is not whether the government has the power to incarcerate a person—almost invariably, it does. The proper question is whether…

— Joseph Margulies

People should not be imprisoned without having the ability to challenge the legality of that imprisonment.

— Jeff Bingaman

When a government forcibly holds enough people indefinitely without trial, it evokes the kinds of raids, detention, and abuses of power associated with authoritarian…

— Ari Melber