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Fourth Amendment Argumentative Analysis
This comment analyzes the history of the Fourth Amendment and the evolution of the private search doctrine. Specifically, it takes the reader through a history of the Fourth Amendment and the inception of the private search doctrine into how the Fourth Amendment is being upheld in today’s technology-driven world. In detail, this comment seeks to expand upon the defendant’s home presumption argument that the Sixth Circuit in United States v. Lichtenberger did not address.
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