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Privacy And The Growing Plight Of The Homeless: Reconsidering The Values Underlying The Fourth Amendment, Mark A. Godsey
Privacy And The Growing Plight Of The Homeless: Reconsidering The Values Underlying The Fourth Amendment, Mark A. Godsey
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This Comment will discuss the issue that the Supreme Court of Connecticut declined to decide in Mooney: the Fourth Amendment's inadequate protection of homeless individuals' privacy in their living spaces or "homes." Part II will trace the evolution of Fourth Amendment doctrine from its beginnings in 1886 with Boyd v. United States, when privacy was intimately intertwined with private property, through the Warren Court's 1967 decisions in Katz v. United States and Warden, Maryland Penitentiary v. Hayden, which declared that "the principal object of the Fourth Amendment is the protection of privacy rather than property, and [we] …
Intrusion And The Investigative Reporter, Lyrissa Lidsky
Intrusion And The Investigative Reporter, Lyrissa Lidsky
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Although sometimes reviled as muckrakers, investigative reporters play a valuable role in exposing societal ills and advancing reform. The success of investigative journalism is due, at least in part, to its use of novel newsgathering techniques. Yet some of these same techniques pose a threat to individual privacy. Current tort doctrine strikes an unsatisfactory balance between these competing interests. The qualified common-law privilege advocated by this Note, in contrast, would protect those newsgathering activities that promote the public welfare. Equally significantly, by sending a clear message to editors, media lawyers, and reporters about the scope of protected newsgathering activity, it …