R.I.P. Scout26
The government must obtain a court warrant to require internet service providers to turn over stored e-mail to the authorities, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.The decision by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals was the first time an appellate court said Americans had that Fourth Amendment protection.
Hoorah. Though the cynic in me roundly expects an opposite decision from the 9th circuit. So how does inter-circuit case-law work, is more just more of a suggestion and consideration type deal rather than a binding precedent?
Does the fact that this seems like common sense to me sort bother anyone else?