Justice Louis D. Brandeis Quote

"Ways may someday be developed by which the government, without
removing papers from secret drawers, can reproduce them in court,
and by which it will be enabled to expose to a jury the most
intimate occurrences of the home."

by:	Justice Louis D. Brandeis (1856-1941) US Supreme Court Justice
Source:	dissenting in the first wiretapping case to reach the Supreme Court -- Olmstead vs. United States (1928).
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Categories:	Constitution, Individual Rights, Justice, Law, Privacy, Tyranny, Usurpation, Jury, Privacy Army
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5 stars for these dissenting remarks. Of course, Brandeis was right on the mark...  -- E Archer, NYC      3
In this instance, Brandeis proved to be particularly prescient.  -- Patrick Henry, Red Hill      3
Justice Louis Brandeis warning has sadly and fully come into fruition.  -- Mary, MI      2
Not shooting the messenger — prophetic!  Not only do they expose the most intimate happenstance of the home, they make stuff up more than not.  -- Mike, Norwalk      1
-- jim k, Austin

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