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Pick ONE OBJECTIVE journalist case. ( PLACES TO RESEARCH EX: U.S Supreme Court, Ny times) DO NO USE EDITORIALS.
Answer the following:
- What civil liberties issue is raised in the article? ( put it on question form)
-What constitutional passage are relevant to discussion? ( use the bill right/ Amendments to identify)
- List the relevant words in the relevant amendment (s) related to the article.
- Summarize what both sides of this legal argument are contending; concerning the judge or court ruling, which side did he favor and why?
- Identify the source of the article using the following form: Author, Article title, source of the article, date of publication.
-Use and article from 2009-2018
*********HOW TO KNOW IF IN THE RIGH TRACK:
* IS WHAT YOU HAVE AN ARTICLE PUBLISHED BY SOME JOURNALIST ORGANIZATION.
*DOES THE ARTICLE RELATE TO CIVIL LIBERTIES AND ALSO CONCERN A CONSTITUTIONAL CONTROVERSY RELATED TO THE US CONSTITUTION.
* DOES YOUR ARTICLE CONTAIN AN ACTION BY A JUDGE/COURT RELATED TO INTERPRETATION OF SOME PREVISIONS OF THE US BILLS OF RIGHTS (AMENDMENT 1-9)
****PLEASE NOTE:
The legal issue must be in question form.
All arguably relevant constitutional provisions related to the article must be specifically mentioned ( this includes amendment number and the relevant provision within that amendment)
Explanation & Answer
Attached.
Running head: CIVIL LIBERTIES ISSUES
Civil Liberties Issues: Carpenter v. United States
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CIVIL LIBERTIES ISSUES
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Civil Liberties Issues: Carpenter v. the United States
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Can law enforcement agencies obtain historic cell location information without a warrant?
Carpenter v United States is a case that involved the extent to which Americans should have
unobstructed access to a wireless carrier's database of physical location info. The hearing of the
case, which began in 2011 when the petitioner Timothy Carpenter was apprehended on doubt of
participating in a string of burglaries in Detroit, reached the Supreme Court on an appeal. The
FBI agents attained transactional archives about Carpenter's mobile phone, pursuant to the Stored
Communication Act. The trial court repudiated Carpenter's attempt to suppress the annals, and
the judges sentenced him to weapons desecrations and infringement of the Hobbs Act. He would
later be indicted with six counts of mugging and add an extra six for possession a weapon during
federal misconduct of ferocity and was convicted to 1395 months in prison.
Carpenter, who deemed a violation of his privacy, appealed the case on the basis that the
procurement of his mobile phone information without a warrant abused his Fourth Amendment
rights. In a 5 to 4 vote ruling, the highest court reversed the Sixth Circuit decision, which held
that such a seizure didn't institute a "search" under the Fourth Amendment...
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