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That's discouraging to hear. This is why the U.S. Constitution's 4th amendment is so important. The right to privacy isn't only to give citizens peace of mind,
by docmars 2y ago
That's discouraging to hear. This is why the U.S. Constitution's 4th amendment is so important. The right to privacy isn't only to give citizens peace of mind, but also to prevent governments from tyranizing freely using dissenting information to fuel their persecution.
- marcosdumay 2y agoOh, my country's Constitution has it clearly and uneditable. It doesn't help when all of the heads of the Judiciary and Executive decide the text means something else.
- gen220 2y agoUnfortunately we've demonstrated a willingness and ability to throw the 4th amendment out the window (see the Patriot Act) if you can reference a scary enough boogeyman. Normally the Supreme Court as an institution works to keep the other branches in check, but it feels like we're in a new phase of the judicial branch, nowadays, at least from a 4th Amendment perspective.