Katz v. United States · ¶47

Thus, I think that although the Court attempts to convey the impression that for some reason today Olmstead and Goldman are no longer good law, it must face up to the fact that these cases have never been overruled or even “eroded.” It is the Court’s opinions in this case and Berger which for the first time since 1791, when the Fourth Amendment was adopted, have declared that eavesdropping is subject to Fourth Amendment restrictions and that conversations can be “seized.” I must align myself with all those judges who up to this year have never been able to impute such a meaning to the words of the Amendment.

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U. S. Reports, volume 389, at 347 (Library of Congress) · transcription: Caselaw Access Project
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