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Neil Gorsuch: That Fourth Amendment test, which the Court invented in 1967, has no basis in the Constitution's text or history.

On the recordJuly 1, 2026
That Fourth Amendment test, which the Court invented in 1967, has no basis in the Constitution's text or history.
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Neil Gorsuch
Source
reason.com
Jul 1, 2026

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the Fourth Amendment's reasonable expectation of privacy test.

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