Dear _____________________________

We, the undersigned wish to inform you that the police practice of randomly stopping motor vehicles and the citizens riding in the said motor vehicles is expressly fobidden by Article 4 of the Constitution of the United States.

Citizens who are operating their motor vehicles in accordance with motor vehicle laws and who do not fit the description of known criminals or whose cars do not fit the description of vehicles which have been involved in a crime are not subject to being stopped by the police under " reasonable cause". Obviously, the police visa vi district attorneys would be laughed out of a judge's chamber if a warrant was requested to search the house or office of a citizen without a reasonable cause, so why then have the police been allowed to stop citizens at random in our nation?

Various reasons are given for these random police stops. On some occaisons it is announced that the stops are being performed to insure that the drivers are not under the influence of alcholol or other substances which may impair their driving. Other stops are justified as safety stops, to check the proper operation of vehicle safety equipment, such as brakes and lites. And still others are touted as paper checks to ensure that the vehicles are properly registered, insured,.....etc.

We hold, however that any justification via positive effect caused by these random stops in no way justifies the violation of the rights guarenteed to citizens by Article 4. Citizens in a Constitutional Republic should not be subjected to the random violations of their rights which are enumerated by our Constitution and it's amendments. Such behavior by government may be the usual way of conducting business in states such as North Korea, The Peoples Republic of China, the Federated Russian Republic and Nazi Germany, but not here in the United States of America.

In closing I would like to mention Article 9 of the Constitution. This Article specifically states, in effect, that when and if it appears that the Constitution enumerates governmental powers which supersede individual rights, in that case the suspected interpretation must maintain the rights of the individual over the rights of the government.

Article [IX.]

The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

Sincerely,

Your Name