Federal appeals court agrees e-mail search without warrant violates Fourth Amendment

[MindPilot]

Source: San Diego Union-Tribune / AP

By Dan Sewell
ASSOCIATED PRESS

11:06 a.m. June 18, 2007

CINCINNATI – Federal investigators overstepped constitutional bounds by searching e-mails without a warrant during a fraud investigation related to an herbal supplement company known for its “Smiling Bob” ads, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.

The ruling by a three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upholds a lower court ruling temporarily blocking investigators from additional e-mail searches in the case against Steven Warshak, owner and president of Berkeley Premium Nutraceuticals.


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Looks like the feds "dicked" with the wrong guy!

[NaturalHigh]

1. Now they're picking on Smiling Bob?

That's just wrong. How can anyone who makes his wife so happy be a bad guy?

[MindPilot]

2. If it will enhance my Bill of Rights...

I might just have to show my firm support by ordering some.