More Essential than Ever: The Fourth Amendment in the Twenty First Century by Stephen J. Schulhofer
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Overview: When the states ratified the Bill of Rights in the eighteenth century, the Fourth Amendment seemed straightforward. It requires that government respect the right of citizens to be “secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures.” Of course,
“papers and effects” are now digital and thus more vulnerable to government spying. But the biggest threat may be our own weakening resolve to preserve our privacy.
In this potent new volume in Oxford’s Inalienable Rights series, legal expert Stephen J. Schulhofer argues that the Fourth Amendment remains, as the title says, more essential than ever. From data-mining to airport body scans, drug testing and aggressive police patrolling on the streets, privacy is
under assault as never before–and we’re simply getting used to it. But the trend is threatening the pillars of democracy itself, Schulhofer maintains. “Government surveillance may not worry the average citizen who reads best-selling books, practices a widely accepted religion, and adheres to
middle-of-the-road political views,” he writes. But surveillance weighs on minorities, dissenters, and unorthodox thinkers, “chilling their freedom to read what they choose, to say what they think, and to associate with others who are like-minded.” All of us are affected, he adds.
Genre: Non-Fiction > Educational
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