[mysterio]

So the government doesn't need a warrant to search computer files? What else may the government search without warrant, in your opinion? Does this standard cease to apply when a dem is president? Was there a secret footnote somewhere in the Amendment that stated it doesn't apply to computers or a terrorism investigation? Again, why can't you change the Amendment if you want the government to be able to conduct warrantless searches?

[Enchante]

"So the government doesn't need a warrant to search computer files?"

I emphasized a specific set of conditions for which the 4th Amendment language seems obviously not designed to apply: public property not private, imminent terrorist threat issued from said public property, etc. That hardly means warrantless searches of all "computer files" in general. As I said, if I use a public computer AND there is an imminent terrorist threat issued from said computer, I have no reasonable expectation of privacy, nor even a right to expect a warrant when it's not my computer, it belongs to the local government or whatever.... and the local government or librarian, etc. should have no reasonable objection, especially in a case where it was so blindingly obvious that a warrant would have to be forthcoming and all the librarian was doing was to delay the "hot pursuit" of the culprit.

[armymarinedad]

What else may the government search without warrant, in your opinion?

The Government does not need a warrant to request to search anything, anywhere, anytime. If you give them permission they still don't need a warrant to conduct the search. They only need a warrant if they are not granted permission.