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Correspondence between a person and a business should be considered “papers.”
by Gagarin1917 6mo ago
Correspondence between a person and a business should be considered “papers.”
- twoodfin 6mo agoThat’s not how it was understood at the time of ratification. Letters and the post office were a thing then, mentioned elsewhere in the Constitution. If the framers of the 4th amendment wanted it to cover them they would have written the amendment differently.
- Gagarin1917 6mo agoBut sealed letters ARE protected under the 4th Amendment. A warrant is necessary to open all sealed mail.