Public Power Is Not Private Property

In the United States, public power exists by the consent of the governed.

It is established to serve the people—not to monitor them, punish them, or profit from them.

Yet across this country, an unsettling pattern is growing.

In one American county—not unlike thousands of others—local officials deployed drones to fly over private land without warrants, peering into residents’ lives with no emergency, no oversight, and no constitutional authority.

It may be “legal.”

But that doesn’t make it right.

The Abuse of Small Power Is a Big Problem

This wasn’t a national scandal.

It didn’t involve federal agents or secret courts.

It involved ordinary bureaucrats, quietly using extraordinary tools to surveil ordinary people.

The danger is not always the tyrant on a throne—it is the inspector with a drone.

America today faces not a single dictator, but a million minor ones, each operating under the illusion that public authority belongs to them.

What Happens When Public Power Becomes Personal?

When public servants:

• Use state resources to pursue grudges

• Exploit codes and fines to punish disobedience

• Conduct surveillance with no accountability

• Treat government power as an extension of their own will

Then constitutional rights are not protected—they are bypassed.

The most dangerous abuses are often not dramatic—they are routine.

They hide behind forms, policies, and “standard procedure.”

Public Power Is Not Personal Property

“The Constitution was written not to restrain the people, but to restrain the government.” — Patrick Henry

Government officials must remember:

• Their power is temporary

• Their authority is limited

• Their duty is to the Constitution—not to convenience, money, or control

Public power must never become a private weapon.

What This Page Does—and Doesn’t Do

We will not comment on active legal matters.

We are not targeting any individual case or county.

But we are making this clear:

When surveillance, code enforcement, and administrative power are used not for public safety but for intimidation, punishment, or profit—democracy is already under attack.

This page is a warning.

What comes next is documentation.

Next: How Surveillance Is Used to Control, Not Protect

From cameras on highway overpasses to automated tickets and silent fines, many forms of modern enforcement are designed less to promote safety and more to:

• Generate revenue

• Punish minor behavior for major profit

• Track citizens without cause or consent

In the next page, we’ll explore how the tools of technology are being turned against the people, and what the Constitution says about it.

Liberty cannot survive in a society where government sees everything and answers to no one.