4th Amendment Case Study

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The 4th amendment protects US citizens from the government and other citizens from invading people’s privacy. Robert Westbrook gave his computer to Gateway Computer services for servicing. While the computer was being serviced one of the technicians found child pornography on Westbrook’s computer. The technician reported the images to the police who came and inspected the files. Once the officers saw the pictures they obtained a warrant to search the entire computer. Westbrook did not give up his rights to privacy once he gave his computer to Gateway computer services. He did not sign any papers that stripped him of his 4th amendment rights. The document provided by Electronic Frontier Foundation states, “The contents of Robert Westbrook’s …show more content…
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The mentality of sellers online can cause them to become aggressive against bad reviews. Acme is distresses at the bad review thinking that it will lead to the disruption of sales. Jane on the other hand is just publicly expressing her feelings and anger for the bag she got.
Jane’s largest defense she can use is the first amendment, the freedom of speech. As long as Jane published an opinion and not a false statement of fact she can argue the first amendment. Asir pasha from Pasha Law states that “A statement of fact implies a provably false factual assertion while a statement of opinion does not. The main purpose of this distinction is to walk to the line of where freedom of speech begins and ends.” (Pasha). If Jane lied about the bag ripping or causing rashes then she could be reliable for lost revenue or damages to the company that could be devastating for Jane. If Acme did not claim damages Jane would still have to remove the

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