The Fourth Amendment in flux : the Roberts court, crime control, and digital privacy / Michael C. Gizzi, R. Craig Curtis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gizzi, Michael C., author.

Curtis, R. Craig, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Supreme Court.

United States.

Searches and seizures--United States--Cases.

Searches and seizures.

Physical Description:

ix, 188 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2016]

Summary:

"When the Founders penned the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution, it was not difficult to identify the "persons, houses, papers, and effects" they meant to protect; nor was it hard to understand what "unreasonable searches and seizures" were. The Fourth Amendment was intended to stop the use of general warrants and writs of assistance and applied primarily to protect the home. Flash forward to a time of digital devices, automobiles, the war on drugs, and a Supreme Court dominated by several decades of the jurisprudence of crime control, and the legal meaning of everything from "effects" to "seizures" has dramatically changed. Michael C. Gizzi and R. Craig Curtis make sense of these changes in The Fourth Amendment in Flux. The book traces the development and application of search and seizure law and jurisprudence over time, with particular emphasis on decisions of the Roberts Court. Cell phones, GPS tracking devices, drones, wiretaps, the Patriot Act, constantly changing technology, and a political culture that emphasizes crime control create new challenges for Fourth Amendment interpretation and jurisprudence. This work exposes the tensions caused by attempts to apply pretechnological legal doctrine to modern problems of digital privacy. In their analysis of the Roberts Court's relevant decisions, Gizzi and Curtis document the different approaches to the law that have been applied by the justices since the Obama nominees took their seats on the court. Their account, combining law, political science, and history, provides insight into the court's small group dynamics, and traces changes regarding search and seizure law in the opinions of one of its longest serving members, Justice Antonin Scalia. At a time when issues of privacy are increasingly complicated by technological advances, this overview and analysis of Fourth Amendment law is especially welcome--an invaluable resource as we address the enduring question of how to balance freedom against security in the context of the challenges of the twenty-first century"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Explaining the Roberts court's Fourth Amendment jurisprudence

Setting the stage

The Burger court and the rise of a jurisprudence of crime control

The war on drugs and the triumph of the Rehnquist court

The Roberts court in flux

The jurisprudence of crime control on the Roberts court

Reining in the excesses of crime control

Toward the future.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-170) and index.

ISBN:

9780700622566

070062256X

9780700622573

0700622578

OCLC:

934432627

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