Olmstead case event
also: Olmstead
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U.S. Supreme Court exposed
Olmstead case documented
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“In 1967 the Supreme Court reversed its holding in the Olmstead case and decided that the Fourth Amendment's warrant requirement did apply to electronic surveillances.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.204
International Court of Justice proposed
Olmstead case documented
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“The Court came to that conclusion in 1928 in the Olmstead case holding that the interception of telephone messages if accomplished without a physical trespass was outside the scope of the Fourth Amendment…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 5: National Security Agency and Fourth Amendment Rights · p.78
William Howard Taft proposed
Olmstead case documented
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“Chief Justice Taft writing for the court reasoned that wiretapping did not involve a search or seizure the amendment protected only tangible material "effects" and not intangibles such as oral conversations…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 5: National Security Agency and Fourth Amendment Rights · p.99