# Recent Supreme Court decisions conservatives dislike? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [October 17, 2010, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-supreme-court-decisions-conservatives-dislike/557436 "2010-10-17T11:58:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-supreme-court-decisions-conservatives-dislike/557436/61 "2010-10-19T17:17:57Z")
> [@villa](#): > > I don’t see why it makes a difference if the cell phone is encrypted then… If I encrypt something, I have taken an explicit, extra step to keep it private. Seems very significant to me. ---
**Author:** ![villa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-supreme-court-decisions-conservatives-dislike/557436/62 "2010-10-19T17:23:32Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > If I encrypt something, I have taken an explicit, extra step to keep it private. Seems very significant to me. Not if your bright line rule is based on “intrusion into the home.” Of course, there are other grounds for privacy as well - which is why focusing so strongly on a bright line rule of intrusion isn’t as workable as it might seem, though. If I cover the windows of my dope growery, in the knowledge that the only people who can see the IR trace are the government (or the limited number of private individuals with access to IR sensitive equipment), how is that different to encrypting a cell phone, in the knowledge that the only people who can decrypt it are the government (or the limited number of private individuals with access to high level cracking software)? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-supreme-court-decisions-conservatives-dislike/557436/63 "2010-10-19T17:25:44Z")
> [@villa](#): > > Not if your bright line rule is based on “intrusion into the home.” Breaking an encryption code is not “sense-enhancing technology”. ---
**Author:** ![villa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-supreme-court-decisions-conservatives-dislike/557436/64 "2010-10-19T17:31:13Z")
That is certainly true. But I think you need a little more than that to get to a relevant distinction for the purpose of the law. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-supreme-court-decisions-conservatives-dislike/557436/65 "2010-10-19T17:43:29Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > If I encrypt something, I have taken an explicit, extra step to keep it private. No more so than taking a conversation indoors, which (under **Bricker** ’s analysis) would not invoke any protected privacy right. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-supreme-court-decisions-conservatives-dislike/557436/66 "2010-10-19T18:14:59Z")
Why do you care what my analysis is? ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-supreme-court-decisions-conservatives-dislike/557436/67 "2010-10-20T12:51:11Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > As a side note, candidates are applying for a job. I’ve learned, from harsh experience, when you apply for a job, and are being interviewed, you don’t rely on what you’ve “heard about”, you do research. That was true until 2010, when suddenly Senate candidates are supposed to be “just like you”. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-supreme-court-decisions-conservatives-dislike/557436.md?page=3)