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The politics of warrantless wiretaps

Posted by Moonage on 03 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: National Security

Not too terribly long ago, we had a major todo over warrantless wiretaps. First there was a lot of rhetoric circling around this “abuse of the Constitution”. In March, 2006, Russ Feingold decided to make it political. He offered a bill to the Senate to censure the President over the use of [...]

Wiretapping, datamining, and the Fourth Amendment

Posted by Moonage on 05 Sep 2006 | Tagged as: Fed Policy, The Legal Process

The Volokh Conspiracy looks at a recent judgment in regards to datamining. Specifically, it looked at whether datamining triggers Fourth Amendment protection?
Well, here’s the Fourth:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but [...]