A judge in New Hampshire ruled that authorities can investigate recordings from an Amazon Echo for clues to a double homicide.
1. Should the suspects recordings be entitled to constitutional protection? If so, which amendment(s) afford this protection?
Read the following case:
Fred Phelps founded the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas. His congregation believes that God hates and punishes the United States. The church members communicate their views by picketing at military funerals.
Albert Snyders son, Lance Corporal Matthew Snyder, a member of the U. S. Marines Corps, was killed in Iraq in the line of duty. Snyder selected the Catholic church in his hometown of Westminster, Maryland, as the site of his sons funeral.
Phelps traveled to Maryland with six other Westboro Baptist parishioners to picket at the funeral service. They picketed from public land adjacent to a public street approximately 1,000 feet from the church. They carried placards that read God hates the USA/Thank God for 9/11 and America is doomed.
