Court Opinion

ID: 9528879
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 03:44:57.029082+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:27:26.424010
License: Public Domain

CONCURRING OPINION OF
LEVINSON, J.
I concur in the result, but I wish to make it clear that I do not think that protection against governmental use of electronic surveillance techniques was the only reason why the delegates to the 1968 Constitutional Convention added to article 1, section 5 the words “invasions of privacy”, as the opinion ,of the court implies. The Standing Committee Report No. 55, referred to in the opinion of the court, says: “The proposed amendment is intended to include protection against indiscriminate wire-tapping as well as undue government inquiry into and regulation of those areas of a person’s life which is defined as necessary to insure ‘man’s individuality and human dignity.’ ” {Emphasis added}.