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MN Legislature Introduces Amendment to Protect Electronic Communication

posted by janrinok on Wednesday February 18 2015, @09:48PM   Printer-friendly
from the one-state-at-a-time dept.

Kromagv0 writes:

The Minnesota legislature has introduced an amendment to the MN Constitution to enshrine the protections afforded by the 4th amendment to electronic communication and data as well. It appears that this amendment has broad diverse support in the state house but leadership in the state senate is only lukewarm on it. In the senate Ron Latz (DFL) Chairman of the Judiciary Committee had blocked the amendment stating that he feels it is redundant. Additionally Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk (DFL) opposes the amendment because it is an amendment to the MN constitution. If passed, Minnesota would become only the second state to enact such a change — Missouri enacted its amendment last year with 75% of the popular vote.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by fliptop on Wednesday February 18 2015, @10:40PM

    by fliptop (1666) on Wednesday February 18 2015, @10:40PM (#146739) Journal

    The state of Minnesota is not a sovereign nation. It's a part of the United States of America. Federal law pre-empts state law.

    I think the 10th Amendment pre-empts your statement. True MN is not a sovereign nation but it is a sovereign state. As such they have the power to do anything they want inside their borders. It's why there's a federal law criminalizing use of marijuana but states like CO can allow it's regulated use.

    The question is, what will states like MN do for communications that cross state lines?

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by mhajicek on Wednesday February 18 2015, @11:11PM

    by mhajicek (51) on Wednesday February 18 2015, @11:11PM (#146752)

    In theory you're correct, but in practice the tenth has been shredded and discarded.

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    • (Score: 3, Insightful) by frojack on Thursday February 19 2015, @12:27AM

      by frojack (1554) on Thursday February 19 2015, @12:27AM (#146773) Journal

      So has the 4th, so this whole constitutional argument is pointless.

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      • (Score: 2) by pnkwarhall on Thursday February 19 2015, @01:47AM

        by pnkwarhall (4558) on Thursday February 19 2015, @01:47AM (#146807)

        It doesn't make the amendment worthless as **a statement**. This makes me want to move to Minnesota more than, say, the legalization of pot makes me want to move to Colorado.

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