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Supreme Court Struggles To Define 'Searches' As Technology Changes, Behzad Mirhashem
Supreme Court Struggles To Define 'Searches' As Technology Changes, Behzad Mirhashem
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[Excerpt] "What the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution means when it protects citizens agains an unreasonable search by government agents isn't entirely clear. It certainly includes police physically entering a person's home, but for almost 100 years, the Supreme Court has tried to define what else might qualify, including keeping the law up-to-date with new technologies - as a recent case illustrates."
Sports Betting, Federalism And The Constitution, John M. Greabe
Sports Betting, Federalism And The Constitution, John M. Greabe
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[Excerpt] Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has described federalism - how the Constitution divides powers between the federal government and the states - as "perhaps our oldest question of constitutional law."
This past week, the United States Supreme Court returned to this oldest of constitutional questions to strike down a federal law that had prohibited stats from authorizing betting on competitive sporting events.