Thermal imaging and the Fourth Amendment: Pushing the Katz test towards terminal velocity
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The Katz test to determine permissibility of police surveillance techniques is now flawed and should be abandoned in favor of the test used by the Washington Supreme Court. Thermal imaging, or forward-looking infrared radar (FLIR), constitutes an invasion of private premises that the Katz test permits but the Washington test disallows. The latter is less subject to manipulation and better serves the Fourth Amendment purpose of limiting the government's police powers and preventing arbitrary searches.
Publication Name: The John Marshall Journal of Computer & Information Law
Subject: Library and information science
ISSN: 1078-4128
Year: 1995
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Warrantless satellite surveillance: will our 4th Amendment privacy rights be lost in space?
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The development of sophisticated high-resolution satellite surveillance systems has the potential to undermine Fourth Amendment privacy rights and so the need for legislation should be recognized before the problem develops. A prohibition of warrantless satellite searches is necessary to protect the fundamental right of privacy from unreasonable law enforcement intrusion as what is in plain view becomes broader due to technological innovations.
Publication Name: The John Marshall Journal of Computer & Information Law
Subject: Library and information science
ISSN: 1078-4128
Year: 1995
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The New Jersey Supreme Court turns its back while police conduct random mobile data terminal searches
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Issues concerning State v. Donis, a New Jersey Supreme Court ruling's failure to sanction random police mobile data terminal searches are discussed. This Supreme Court erred by ruling that such searches should not be limited to instances where police actually witness an apparent traffic violation.
Publication Name: The John Marshall Journal of Computer & Information Law
Subject: Library and information science
ISSN: 1078-4128
Year: 1999
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