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by rdrdss23 4375 days ago
"protection for which the Founders fought"

I rather legal opinions not fall back on founder-worship for their legal basis...

The founders explicitly didn't include any rights in the constitution. The Bill of Rights was begrudgingly added later as a compromise after the constitution was approved by the states.

Furthermore, the right to privacy is really not on the same level as the other rights (where things are more black and white) and the 14th amendment was passed in the 1860s - well after any "founders"

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This case has more to do with the 4th amendment which is part of the Bill of Rights.
sure, but the issue is that it's conflating things and making an appeal to authority