April 3, 2013
Congressional Research Service
Richard M. Thompson II
This report assesses the use of drones under the Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. The touchstone of the Fourth Amendment is reasonableness. A reviewing court’s determination of the reasonableness of a drone search would likely to be informed by location of the search, the sophistication of the technology used, and society’s conception of privacy in an age of rapid technological advancement.
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