fourth amendment
This 1967 case transformed Fourth Amendment doctrine by replacing the old property-based test with the “reasonable expectation of privacy” standard.
What is Katz v. United States?
This student-speech case created the “material and substantial disruption” test, ruling that symbolic protest like wearing armbands, remains protected even in schools unless it undermines the learning environment.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
what is the statistic for Oregon households that are not connected to internet? what about Mississippi?
in Oregon alone, 8.8% of households are not connected to the internet, while Mississippi's rate is much higher at 20%.
Can you think of a movement that was denied access to public space? What was the impact?
Civil rights movement not permitted
Instrumental in getting the AA civil rights
Many other movements have been asked to relocate Charlottesville → larger park to limit violence
This 2017 Supreme Court case likened the internet to a “modern public square,” raising questions about how the Third-Party Doctrine applies online.
What is Packingham v. North Carolina?
In this 2014 case, the Court unanimously ruled that police must obtain a warrant to search the digital contents of a cellphone, noting that smartphones contain “the privacies of life,” fundamentally reshaping digital privacy rights.
What is Riley v. California?
In this 1966 case involving protests at a county jail, the Court upheld broad restrictions in a nonpublic forum, emphasizing that the government can limit expressive activity in places not traditionally open for public assembly.
What is Adderley v. Florida?
In this 1989 case, the Court upheld a “keep clear area” around abortion clinics, establishing that narrowly tailored restrictions on where protesters may stand can be constitutional to protect patients and staff while still allowing expression in nearby areas.
What is Lovejoy Specialty Hospital v. Advocates?
When is it appropriate for the government to impose content based restrictions on speech?
While US v Grace determined that sidewalks should be zones of free expression, the First Amendment doesn’t protect all forms of speech.
Some speech acts are subject to restriction, such as speech inciting violence as held in Brandenburg v Ohio,
defamatory speech as held in New York Times v Sullivan,
obscenity as held in Miller v California,
and fighting words as held in Chaplinsky v New Hampshire.
In this 1979 case, the Court held that the numbers someone transmits to a service provider are not constitutionally shielded because the user has effectively entrusted them to a third party, allowing law enforcement access without a warrant.
What is Smith v. Maryland?
In this 1986 case, police flew 1,000 feet over a homeowner’s fenced backyard to observe illegal activity. The Court ruled that what was visible from navigable airspace did not constitute a search under the Fourth Amendment.
What is California v. Ciraolo?
this case, despite offensive and hateful messaging targeting funerals, this 2011 Court decision held that banning such speech would not be content-neutral, protecting even extremely distasteful public demonstrations.
What is Snyder v. Phelps?
In this Oregon Supreme Court case arising from a fatal 2020 crash, the defendant challenges whether police violated his constitutional privacy rights by obtaining his medical blood-alcohol results from a hospital without a warrant, despite an Oregon statute allowing it.
What is Sstate of Oregon v. Brandon Tyler Kern?
How can state legislatures protect their citizens from AI?
Oregon passed the the House Bill 3936
California has passed a law effective January 1st 2025 that amends the definition of “personal information” under the CCPA
Massachusetts has House Bill #97
Maryland has proposed a bill defining AI, and its uses within school, medical, and commercial systems. The bill, HB 820,
New York has proposed a bill known as the “AI bill of rights” that requires companies to ask for consent in plain and simple terms, and give people agency over their data.
Oregon has passed SB619, which allows individuals to opt out of the data collection used for “profiling” of somebody
The Colorado Privacy Act outlines the basic rights of consumers; the right to access, correction, deletion, data portability, and to opt out.
Texas passed, on June 22, 2025, the Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act or TRAIGA
This case carved out a modern exception to the Third-Party Doctrine, emphasizing that certain sensitive digital footprints, like precise cell-site records cannot be treated the same as traditional bank or phone records.
What is Carpenter v. United States?
This 1928 decision held that eavesdropping on telephone conversations without physical trespass did not violate the Fourth Amendment, reasoning that privacy protections only applied to tangible property.
What is Olmstead v. United States?
In this 2003 case, the Court held that a state cannot impose a blanket prohibition on cross burning, but may criminalize it when done with the intent to intimidate, distinguishing symbolic expression from true threats.
What is Virginia v. Black?
This lawsuit accuses Medford police of illegally tracking political and social justice groups without reasonable suspicion, in violation of ORS 181A.250, which restricts law enforcement from collecting information on individuals’ political, religious, or social activities
What is Rogue Valley Pepper Shakers v. City of Medford?
in regards to PROJECT VERITAS, ET AL V. MICHAEL SCHMIDT, Do you agree or disagree that recording someone without their knowledge is a violation of the 4th amendment?
Katz v us I DISAGREE duh
I DIAGREE WITH ELEANOR, if those conversations similar to the third party doctrine nd plain view, other people cn hear them privacy no
Tula, we need to know more, stalking, causing harm, much more complicated
The Third-Party Doctrine largely stems from Miller and Smith, but critics argue it collapses in the digital age because individuals no longer voluntarily share data, this concept challenges the core logic of “assumption of risk.”
What is the lack of meaningful consent?
In this 1925 case, the Court struck down a state law that required all children to attend public schools, ruling that parents retain the liberty to direct their children’s education and that the government cannot standardize schooling by eliminating private institutions.
What is Pierce v. Society of Sisters?
In cases like Madsen, Adderley, and Greer, the Court upheld greater government restrictions because these locations are not traditional public forums,
What are nonpublic forums (such as clinics, jails, and military bases) ? ? ?
In May v. City of Eugene (2025, ongoing), advocates claim that the City’s refusal to disclose records about these AI-powered surveillance devices, capable of tracking vehicles and capturing pedestrian and cyclist images violates Oregon’s public records laws and raises constitutional concer
What are Flock Safety license plate reader (LPR) cameras?
who is the best mentor?
what is McKenzie Vo?
This underlying assumption which wwas first articulated in Miller and expanded in Smith, forms the conceptual backbone of the Third-Party Doctrine by asserting that individuals knowingly surrender constitutional protections when interacting with certain institutions.
What is the assumption of voluntary disclosure?