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How do natural rights become negative liberties protected by positive law?
We start with the natural right to privacy, how it evolved under the common law, from Magna Carta to the fourth amendment.
We also look at how the fourth amendments failure to secure privacy is not the result of modern government surveillance in the digital age outpacing the law's ability to adapt, but instead is a cause of fundamental misconceptions of the original meaning of Amendment IV.
Who Was the Founding Father of the Fourth Amendment? - fee.org/articles/who-was-the-founding-father-of-the-fourth-amendment
he Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved - constitution.org/bcp/otis_rbcap.htm
Charter of Liberties - web.archive.org/web/20181115231358/http://www.britannia.com/history/docs/charter.html
Semayne's Case Law - definitions.uslegal.com/s/semaynes-case
Amendment IV Case Law - http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/tocs/amendIV.html
History and Scope of Amendment IV - law.justia.com/constitution/us/amendment-04/01-search-and-seizure.html
Tenth Amendment Center "Path To Liberty" Podcast - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZyloySS5-JSFKAMBG3B8uwpbk-n4H9p8
How do natural rights become negative liberties protected by positive law?
We start with the natural right to privacy, how it evolved under the common law, from Magna Carta to the fourth amendment.
We also look at how the fourth amendments failure to secure privacy is not the result of modern government surveillance in the digital age outpacing the law's ability to adapt, but instead is a cause of fundamental misconceptions of the original meaning of Amendment IV.
Who Was the Founding Father of the Fourth Amendment? - fee.org/articles/who-was-the-founding-father-of-the-fourth-amendment
he Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved - constitution.org/bcp/otis_rbcap.htm
Charter of Liberties - web.archive.org/web/20181115231358/http://www.britannia.com/history/docs/charter.html
Semayne's Case Law - definitions.uslegal.com/s/semaynes-case
Amendment IV Case Law - http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/tocs/amendIV.html
History and Scope of Amendment IV - law.justia.com/constitution/us/amendment-04/01-search-and-seizure.html
Tenth Amendment Center "Path To Liberty" Podcast - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZyloySS5-JSFKAMBG3B8uwpbk-n4H9p8
