No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law...The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. |
| | The right to privacy is one of the most salient civil liberties issues today, despite the fact that the word "privacy" neither appears in the Constitution nor the Bill of Rights. The Right to Privacy, famously called the "right to be left alone" by Justice Blackmun, is built on combination of the right to "liberty", as described in the fifth and fourteenth amendments and the ninth amendment. Privacy, in turn, underlies a wide range of issues, including reproductive freedom, the "fundamental fairness" of investigations and police procedures, and online "cyber-liberties." The Right to Privacy is a very dynamic area of civil liberties law because it must change in time with new technology, such as the internet, and because it relies on the "reasonable expectation of privacy" standard, which is itself very malliable. |
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Sunday, August 18, 2002 |
NASA Developing Brainwave Screening for Airports
NASA is developing computer systems to identify "likely terrorists" by heart rates and ultimately brainwave patterns. EPIC gained information through a FOIA request of the initiative to add so-called "non-invasive neuro-electric sensors" to the pre-existing Computer Assisted Passenger Pre-screening System (CAPPS) already being used to profile air travelers. Though the system raises due process and privacy concerns, as testing brainwave and heart rate patters would likely constitute a search, the Washington Times article points out that airports have generally had lower due process standards. [Daypop Top News Stories and The Washington Times]
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