Do We Have Any Right to Privacy Outside Our Homes?

November 22, 2011 | This article appeared in the December 12, 2011 edition of The Nation.

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The Department of Justice has told the Supreme Court that police should be allowed to secretly put GPS devices on our cars. But we have already surrendered more privacy than we realize.

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Patricia J. Williams

Patricia J. Williams, a professor of law at Columbia University, was born in Boston in 1951 and holds a BA from...

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