The Digital Fourth Amendment

Orin Kerr is the nation’s leading expert on how to safeguard the Constitution’s guarantee of individual rights in a world of technological change unimaginable to the Framers. Everyone from journalists to Supreme Court justices turn to Kerr for clear-eyed, even-handed analysis, and this thoughtful book shows why. The Digital Fourth Amendment is a call to action for the Supreme Court to protect the Constitution’s guarantee of individual privacy. I expect this incisive guide will be invaluable to the justices as they chart the path forward. - Robert Barnes, former Supreme Court reporter for The Washington PostOrin Kerr is the law professor you wish you’d had-whether you’re a lawyer or not. His case to update our search and seizure laws in the era of iPhones and Snapchat is an illuminating and fun ride for nerds of all stripes! - Sarah Isgur, ABC News legal analyst and host of Advisory OpinionsKerr is the most thoughtful and thought-provoking thinker we have about the Fourth Amendment. In clear and accessible language for non-lawyers, Kerr explains the notoriously uneven road the Supreme Court has travelled, and offers lucid ways out of the thicket caused by the digital revolution resulting in our most personal information being in the hands of big tech companies. - Andrew Weissmann, MSNBC legal analyst and former General Counsel of the Federal Bureau of InvestigationEnsuring that the law remains relevant in the face of rapidly changing technology is a complex and critically important topic-and this is especially true when it comes to the Fourth Amendment. In his insightful and nuanced new book, Orin Kerr, a preeminent scholar of this crucial constitutional provision, articulates a powerful, ultimately optimistic vision for maintaining the vitality of the Fourth Amendment in the digital age. - David Lat, founder of Original JurisdictionThe final chapter on digital surveillance and data brokers and how they are able to act under the Fourth Amendment is a must read for any criminal law scholar and practitioner. * J. M. Keller-Aschenbach, Choice *

Orin Kerr is the William G. Simon Professor at the University of California, Berkeley Law School. Widely considered the leading scholar of the Fourth Amendment of his generation, Kerr has been cited by courts over 400 times, including in several major Supreme Court cases. He regularly appears in lists of the most influential and most cited law professors. Kerr’s writing has appeared in publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal. Before becoming a law professor, Kerr was a computer crime prosecutor at the United States Department of Justice. He has engineering degrees from Princeton and Stanford and a law degree from Harvard Law School. He is a former law clerk for Justice Anthony M. Kennedy of the United States Supreme Court.