This week on the Lectures and History podcast, University of Alabama, Professor Lawrence Capello,

examines how the Supreme Court has defined and redefined Americans' right to privacy.

Focusing on landmark cases involving police searches and government wiretaps,

Professor Capello traces how the court-balanced law enforcement powers

against constitutional protections

and how evolving technology has challenged traditional interpretations

of the Fourth Amendment.

More in a moment.

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All right, today we're digging into the Fourth Amendment, where the particular focus on what it means for our phones.

As you all know, the fourth is part of the Constitution that protects you from unreasonable searches and seizures by our government. But the trouble is

that the amendment was written in the 18th century. Meanwhile, our phones are basically

mini-supercomputers slash cameras, slash journals, slash credit cards, slash surveillance

beacons, and we carry them all around voluntarily all the time.

So what happens when these two worlds collide?

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