Did you know in 1928 that the supreme court found, in a decision written by former president Taft, that wiretapping was NOT a search as defined by the 4th amendment? In other words, the supreme court ruled that the government can listen/record your phone calls for whatever reason it wanted to. This was one of the very few decisions that was overturned by the court. In a dissent opinion Justice Brandeis writes (in 1928 mind you): “The progress of science in furnishing the Government with means of espionage is not likely to stop with wiretapping. Ways may someday be developed by which the Government,
On the 4th amendment
On the 4th amendment
On the 4th amendment
Did you know in 1928 that the supreme court found, in a decision written by former president Taft, that wiretapping was NOT a search as defined by the 4th amendment? In other words, the supreme court ruled that the government can listen/record your phone calls for whatever reason it wanted to. This was one of the very few decisions that was overturned by the court. In a dissent opinion Justice Brandeis writes (in 1928 mind you): “The progress of science in furnishing the Government with means of espionage is not likely to stop with wiretapping. Ways may someday be developed by which the Government,