Constitutional Law,
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jan. 19, 2018
Silk Road column has fatal flaw
A Jan. 10 article by attorney Tor Ekeland, "Searches, seizures and the Silk Road," advocates for updating the Fourth Amendment, which may indeed require updating. The problem, however, is that Mr. Ekeland is requesting that the U.S. Supreme Court effect the updating.
Richard A. Nixon
Email: pres37th@aol.com
San Fernando Valley College of Law
Richard, a practicing attorney in Los Angeles County and a Vietnam-era veteran, is the author of "America: An Illusion of Freedom."
A Jan. 10 article by attorney Tor Ekeland, "Searches, seizures and the Silk Road," advocates for updating the Fourth Amendment, which may indeed require updating. The problem, however, is that Mr. Ekeland is requesting that the U.S. Supreme Court effect the updating.
Mr. Ekeland correctly asserts that the Supreme Court "invented" the existing concept of the "expectation of privacy" in the seminal case Katz v. U...
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