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But the spirit remains the same. The concept is you are safe from search without a warrant. If they are able to apply copyright to digital media then its assume
by geggam 11y ago
But the spirit remains the same. The concept is you are safe from search without a warrant. If they are able to apply copyright to digital media then its assumed the same as paper. If it is assumed the same as paper then it seems obvious that its safe from search.
- mikeash 11y agoThe plain English wording says that you are safe from unreasonable searches. Everything hinges on the interpretation of "reasonable," which is not a matter of "plain English" because plain English doesn't define "reasonable" with sufficient precision.
- geggam 11y agoonly for lawyers... its obvious the concept is to protect citizens from govt dragnets... to anyone who isnt attempting to pervert the spirit of the law
- mikeash 11y agoYou've gone from "plain English" to "spirit of the law" which is way different. Again, I agree with you, but this position is not something you arrive at by just reading the 4th Amendment and then understanding its words without legal context.
- geggam 11y agoCant reply to your last statement... but read my initial post.
- TrevorJ 11y agoIn what world is using a damn airplane to get the location of mass numbers of people by exploiting their cell phones considered reasonable? It's ridiculous that people aren't in jail over this kind of bullshit.
- TrevorJ 11y agoIn what world is using a damn airplane to get the location of mass numbers of people by exploiting their cell phones considered reasonable? It's ridiculous that people aren't in jail over this kind of bullshit.