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by newaccount2021 1406 days ago
> The kids have a right to due process, and to privacy as they are, after all, human

The word "privacy" does not appear in the Constitution - you have no explicit right to privacy in the US

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> you have no explicit right to privacy in the US

According to the 4th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the People have the right "to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures". That is an explicit legal right to privacy, even if it doesn't use the literal word "privacy" in the text.

Forget the word "privacy" then. The Constitution does explicitly give you the right to be secure against unreasonable searches, and this is definitely an unreasonable search.
Yes, the federal constitution gives zero rights to people. It provides for federal government to do various things, and puts limits on that. It explicitly reserves everything else to the People and the States.