Fourth Amendment

“The Fourth Amendment (Amendment IV) to the United States Constitution is the part of the Bill of Rights which guards against unreasonable searches and seizures. The amendment specifically also requires search and arrest warrants be judicially sanctioned and supported by probable cause. It was adopted as a response to the abuse of the writ of assistance, which is a type of general search warrant, in the American Revolution. Search and arrest should be limited in scope according to specific information supplied to the issuing court, usually by a law enforcement officer, who has sworn by it (1).”

The government can collect information on a person, if they suspect they are criminals or danger to national security. The government is allowed to go after the people with search and seizure without alerting the person before it happens.

“MINNESOTA v. OLSON (495 U.S. 91) : April 18, 1990 (7-2)
A decision finding that guests in homes have constitutional privacy protections. In this case the defendant was staying with a friend when the police arrived and surrounded the home on a Sunday afternoon. The police phoned the home and the resident told the police the defendant wasn't there after which the police burst into the home to find the defendant hiding in a closet. The Supreme Court ruled that breaking into the home without a warrant was unlawful (2).”

1.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

2. http://www.erowid.org/freedom/courts/courts_decisions_privacy.shtml

Relativism

“Relativism is sometimes (though not always) interpreted as saying that all points of view are equally valid, in contrast to an absolutism which argues there is but one true and correct view( Relativism).” A common phrase that can be used to explain any scenario is; What’s right for you may not be right for me. For instance, when i go to the gym to work out i use an iPod where most of my music is from Limewire. Is that legal? “Limewire is a peer-to-peer program that allows users to share music over the Internet. Although the program hosts files that are legal to download, it also hosts music that is protected by copyright law. Copyrighted music not purchased from the Limewire Store is illegal to download. When you install the program, Limewire requires you to agree not to download copyrighted music” (Is It Legal to Download Music from Limewire?).”
I along with millions of others do not pay for my music; my best friend who goes on iTunes to purchase all her songs doesn’t understand my reasoning. But yet, if she shares her downloads, isn’t she still taking part in illegal downloading because of p2p. My attitude is we paid so much money for the iPod now we have to pay .99 cents for each song. Apple gets you for everything.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relativism
http://www.ehow.com/facts_5007659_legal-download-music-limewire.html