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Podcast: PRay TeLL, Dr. Hash
Episode: 130 Freedom of Movement
Description: Freedom of Movement is not in the Constitution per se, it's a derived guarantee, meaning The Courts made it up. It bars needing “papers” to move, or denying benefits based on location, gives access to public beaches, and pretty much built the freeway system. It was also used to justify the Disability Act, and is always in the back of the minds of erstwhile urban planners as leverage to force everyone into their public transportation fantasies.
For half of the population, Freedom of Movement means cars, but for the other half it means mass transit. We can’t have...