9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals,
Constitutional Law,
Criminal,
U.S. Supreme Court
Jan. 29, 2015
Fourth Amendment searches: It's about security, not privacy
The constant judicial struggle to resolve individual freedom and public safety continues endlessly in state and federal courts, and the advent of technology portends no solution in a democratic society.
Lawrence Waddington
Neutral
JAMS
Email: waddington1@aol.com
Lawrence is a retired Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge and former assistant attorney general for the state of California. He is author of "Disorder in the Court" at Amazon.com. He also edits the 9th Circuit blog, "The 9th Circuit Watch."
The constant judicial struggle to resolve the conflict between individual freedom and public safety continues endlessly in state and federal courts, and the advent of technology portends no solution in a democratic society. The two concepts of freedom and authority illustrated by the Supreme Court in Riley v. California, 134 S. Ct. 2473 (2014), reflect the difficulty of courts drawing bright lines in citing venerable semantics in resolving technological issues. The language of the F...
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