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twoodfintoday at 4:52 PM1 replyview on HN

That’s not how it was understood at the time of ratification. Letters and the post office were a thing then, mentioned elsewhere in the Constitution. If the framers of the 4th amendment wanted it to cover them they would have written the amendment differently.


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Gagarin1917today at 6:58 PM

But sealed letters ARE protected under the 4th Amendment. A warrant is necessary to open all sealed mail.