iv>
"In that case, the Obama administration has argued that warrantless
tracking is permitted because Americans enjoy no "reasonable
expectation of privacy" in their--or at least their cell
phones'--whereabouts. U.S. Department of Justice lawyers say that "=
;a
customer's Fourth Amendment rights are not violated when the phone
company reveals to the government its own records" that show where a
mobile device placed and received calls." [1]
The F=
ourth Amendment says:
"
tyle-span" style "font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collap=
se: collapse; line-height: 19px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -w=
ebkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">The right of the people to be secure =
in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searche=
s and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upo=
n probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly descri=
bing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."=
;
t-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 19px; -webkit-border-=
horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">
>
t-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 19px; -webkit-border-=
horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">I cannot i=
magine what "papers and effects" means except that it means those=
things you use only for private communication and expect to have privacy a=
ttached too. =A0If the person you are calling reveals a call, well, that=
9;s how it goes. =A0But "papers and effects" clearly covers writt=
en communication, which by any plausible extension to the 21st century incl=
udes phone calls. =A0Even if you don't buy that, the purpose of the Fou=
rth Amendment is to prevent this kind of fishing expedition. =A0Congress sh=
ould not want to do this, even if SCOTUS is compliant in the request.
>
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horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">
>
t-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 19px; -webkit-border-=
horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">The Justic=
e Department's fig leaf of an excuse is even worse than that: not only =
do people expect privacy from the phone company, even if they didn't th=
e argument is insufficient, because no warrant is issued to search the phon=
e company either!
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