John Marshall Harlan II

John Marshall Harlan II

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Portrait of John Marshall Harlan II John Marshall Harlan II Kaiser v. New York — Dissent

In Berger, the Court held that a 'bugging' pursuant to a § 813-a warrant violated the petitioner's Fourth Amendment rights because on its face the statute did not contain cons itutionally required safeguards. It is true that the 'bugging' in Berger involved a trespass and that the Court did not reach the question whether Olmstead should be overruled. But the holding that § 813-a was to be considered on its face rather than as applied depended in no way upon the fact of physical intrusion. The warrant procedure prescribed in § 813-a applies equally to 'bugging' and to wiretapping.
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