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Would you support a Constitutional Amendment for privacy?
If you could write it, how would it read and what would it cover?
The 4th amendment is not about privacy.It is about searches of individuals,their personal effects,documents and other property. It says nothing about the government watching you.How would your proposed amendment differ from the 4th?
The 4th Amendment covers some aspects of privacy, but not all.The 4th amendment is not about privacy.It is about searches of individuals,their personal effects and other property. It says nothing about the government watching you.
That's why I included the question for how you (general 'you') would write it, because it is broad and as such could mean something entirely different from one person to the next."Privacy" is a massively broad topic. I'd need to know exactly what the OP means.
Would you support a Constitutional Amendment for privacy?
If you could write it, how would it read and what would it cover?
The 4th amendment is not about privacy.It is about searches of individuals,their personal effects,documents and other property. It says nothing about the government watching you.
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
Yes I support the 4th amendment.Would you support a Constitutional Amendment for privacy?
If you could write it, how would it read and what would it cover?
Yes I support the 4th amendment.
It would be more than just what the 4th Amendment protects. The 4th amendment addresses unreasonable government searches and seizures. I would like to see an amendment that limits what potential employers can require their potential employees to provide. For instance, I think that requiring employees to give their social networking (facebook) login info and passwords is an invasion of privacy and morally wrong, and I'd like to see people protected from that. I also think that drug testing for jobs that do not require use of heavy/dangerous machinery is an invasion of privacy and immoral. Another example is asking the question "Have you ever been charged with a crime?" It should be totally illegal to require employees to answer that. Asking if they've been CONVICTED is fine, but the fact that you could be mistakenly charged, later found innocent, but still discriminated against simply because of the charge is BEYOND ridiculous.
If no gov't action now results from the "watching" then what would be prevented? No more motor vehicle/firearms records? No more automatic reporting of income for taxation? No more auditing of tax returns? No more traffic cameras? At what point does "watching" or automatic review of data become an invasion of privacy - so long as no gov't action is taken?
Would you support a Constitutional Amendment for privacy?
If you could write it, how would it read and what would it cover?
Would you support a Constitutional Amendment for privacy?
If you could write it, how would it read and what would it cover?
Would you support a Constitutional Amendment for privacy?
If you could write it, how would it read and what would it cover?
If in public, it's difficult to enforce or expect that. In private or an assumed private conversation, they should require a warrant, and there should be more oversight on whether the warrant should have been given. I do think an amendment along those lines would strengthen the fulfillment of respect and common decency that free people are entitled to.
Would you support a Constitutional Amendment for privacy?
If you could write it, how would it read and what would it cover?
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