E-Mail Search Warrants Start Dec. 1
by Last Night in Little Rock
Last night I posted on FourthAmendment.com the Supreme Court's new proposed Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 41 dealing with search warrants. Unless countermanded by Congress, which is highly unlikely, the rule change becomes effective December 1st.
And, it appears to me that e-mail search warrants will become possible. We already get e-mail through our cellphones, Pocket PC phones, and Blackberrys, so why not allow the police to receive search warrants that way? As a matter of common knowledge, we know that e-mail tends to be lax and lackadasical, fired off with less thought or usually without circumspection. One feels a shudder when a search warrant might be involved--breaking down the doors of homes and less than adequate information, sometimes without warning and creating danger for police and homeowner alike.
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