Tag: 4th Amendment
By Jeralyn, Section Court Decisions
Posted on Wed Sep 05, 2012 at 07:43:02 PM EST
Tags: 4th Amendment, text messaging (all tags)
Posted on Wed Sep 05, 2012 at 07:43:02 PM EST
Tags: 4th Amendment, text messaging (all tags)
In a whopping 190 page opinion, a judge in Rhode Island has ruled that the 4th Amendment protects against warrantless seizures of text messages.
The case is State v. Pantino and the full opinion is here. Text messages weren't all the judge tossed, citing a "tsunami of illegal evidence". EFF and law Prof Orrin Kerr participated in the case and the judge especially credits Kerr's analysis: [More...]
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