Secrecy, Intimacy and Workable Rules: Justice Sotomayor Stakes Out the Middle Ground in United States v. Jones

17 Pages Posted: 17 Sep 2014 Last revised: 28 Jun 2021

Date Written: March 24, 2014

Abstract

This Essay was written for the Yale Law Journal Forum’s symposium, The Early Jurisprudence of Justice Sotomayor. The Essay analyzes Justice Sotomayor’s already oft-discussed concurrence in United States v. Jones, which exemplifies her attempt to stake out a “middle ground” approach to Fourth Amendment debates over surveillance and technology, and foregrounds intimacy and common-sense rules as guiding principles.

Keywords: Fourth Amendment; privacy; searches; technology; surveillance

JEL Classification: K14, K42

Suggested Citation

Baer, Miriam H., Secrecy, Intimacy and Workable Rules: Justice Sotomayor Stakes Out the Middle Ground in United States v. Jones (March 24, 2014). 123 Yale L.J. Forum 323, Brooklyn Law School, Legal Studies Paper No. 394, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2497167

Miriam H. Baer (Contact Author)

Brooklyn Law School ( email )

250 Joralemon Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
United States

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