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On the recordMarch 16, 2022
The principle there the court said in a 7-to-1 decision... was that there is a reasonable expectation of privacy embodied in the Fourth Amendment.
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Jim McGovern
Democratic · Massachusetts

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McGovern references a Supreme Court case to illustrate privacy rights under the Fourth Amendment.

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