Kagan Expands Fourth Amendment Protections Against Fragmented Surveillance
TL;DR
In Chatrie v. United States, Justice Elena Kagan rejects evaluating surveillance piece-by-piece, holding the Fourth Amendment protects against comprehensive digital data collection—from location history to cloud data—regardless of duration, and extends Carpenter’s emphasis on what data reveals to modern technology, signaling stronger constitutional privacy against fragmented or voluntary data sharing.
Topics:nationjurisprudence#carpenter-v-united-states#digital-privacy#fourth-amendment#geofence-warrants#jurisprudence#location-history
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