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  1. Dec 2025
    1. The point is not that the booth is "accessible to thepublic" at other times, but that it is a temporarily private place whose momentary occupants'expectations of freedom from intrusion are recognized as reasonable

      It is important to note this sentence that is outlined because privacy is now implied. The question in this case is complicated by the definition of when the phone booth is a public versus private space. When the space is private it ensures that a person's privacy is protected under the Fourth Amendment.

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    1. What thegovernment is not permitted to do, absent a showing of necessity not made here, is to classifyevery student on the basis of race and to assign each of them to schools based on thatclassification.

      By using race as a tie breaker the court is actually discriminating on the bases of race which is what makes it unconstitutional. The intentions of the court from the outside seem to have good intentions but it is actually in violation of the exact concept that they are trying to "repair".

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  2. Oct 2025
    1. Moreover, the surveillance was limited, both in scope and in duration, tothe specific purpose of establishing the contents of the petitioner's unlawful telephoniccommunications. The agents confined their surveillance to the brief periods during which heused the telephone booth, and they took great care to overhear only the conversations of thepetitioner himself.

      This is important to note because the investigation had a narrowly tailored and significant purpose that did not extend past the reach of the investigation.

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