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Re:Suspects can refuse to provide phone passcodes to police,... by atticora on Friday December 15, 2023 @05:24PM (#38659577)
> If you care about privacy as a human right, you really need another amendment to make it solid.

You would need some kind of catch-all amendments stating that the enumeration of certain rights shall not be construed to deny others, and that the powers not delegated to the feds are reserved to the States or to the people. You could put them right at the end of the original amendments for emphasis as a closing statement of the Constitution.

But if we enacted those who would ever enforce them? The feds would probably treat them as if they didn't exist.

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Re:Suspects can refuse to provide phone passcodes to police,... by dataflow on Friday December 15, 2023 @05:44PM (#38659775)
> But if we enacted those who would ever enforce them? The feds would probably treat them as if they didn't exist.

If you make them vague then it'll be easy to interpret them narrowly.

If you make them crystal clear, courts would presumably enforce them, like they have in the past.

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