Amendment : The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Source : http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/09pdf/08-1332.pdf
Constitutional Connection : This article depicts a connection to the constitution because it was an actual supreme court case that used the foruth amendment of the constitution to help come to a verdict for the case.
The case was the city of ontario v. Quon. In the case print, It told how Quon was a member of a company that was given pagers that could recieve and send text messages for company purposes only from the city of ontario. The city had paid for a certain amount for text messages to be sent and recieved throughout the month. Quon began to become suspicious when for manyt months there swas overage charges to the cities bill. it was found that many of the message overages were from personal messsges while the devices were meant for work related purposes. They asked for transcripts of the messages , they being the Quon company. The employees of Quon sued filing, inter alia, satting that their fourth amendment rights were violated by the city for asking for the transcripts. In a 9-0 veridct, the court decided in favor of Quon and his privacy of text messages. In my opinion, I believe that the court made the right decision. No one should not just give out someones private tools 9ex.test messsages) out without the consent of the court. I really agree with the courts decision on the case
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