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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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MN Legislature Introduces Amendment to Protect Electronic Communication
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(Score: 2) by Anal Pumpernickel on Thursday February 19 2015, @03:03AM
That doesn't mean that we shouldn't encourage encryption as a safety precaution, though; we definitely should.
Especially since we have lots of authoritarian judges who don't actually care about the constitutional or people's freedoms, as you showed when you referred to that case. Whether it is 'metadata' (which is just a type of data, despite them wanting to make them appear completely separate, and it is very useful for oppressing people) or the actual content is irrelevant.