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Keep Out The Journal of Electronic Privacy
There is a well-established constitutional right to privacy in the United States. We have this right today because of the wisdom and forethought of our founding fathers.
Odd, but my copy of the Constitution (w/amendments) doesn't even contain the word "privacy," let alone any mention of a "right to privacy." (*Damn* these variorum editions!) There is the Fourth Amendment, of course, but the right to be secure against unreasonable searches and seizures is not synonymous with the right to privacy, IMO. I believe it was in Katz v. U.S. (1967) that the Supreme Court first enunciated the doctrine of a "reasonable expectation of privacy." It's interesting that it took the advent of telecommunications to bring this issue to the fore -- Katz was a wiretapping case. Of course, #define IM_A_LAWYER FALSE And I may be wrong about all this, but it's too nice to stay inside and confirm my facts. :-) Alan Westrope <awestrop@nyx.cs.du.edu> __________/|-, <adwestro@ouray.denver.colorado.edu> (_) \|-' finger for pgp 2.6 public key S,W.E.A,T! -- graffito at Moe's Pretty Good Gym -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6 iQCVAgUBLfI8r1RRFMq4NZY5AQE2nQP/fanAkJfoUPRQir22aaqNDdMcIPACBi74 D/FNxG5JXlSDUxmsVZh3gsIsFUepZQYHdE5/gp2cg8iHZqaO+EyH/HSnXSXpd/4G Vpn01XEK5rq0GJZlzS9UUhXtKPiGRTWw+xMSosoZptUfpFduuioT3ehKCIvka0nB hxLMUVdqzEg= =fkii -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----