Here a recap for those who just joined and don't want to read all the stuff on here:
The case is about an individual (ME) was arrested by the state under 1 charge for one image which was computer generated and was found under a general search warrant. Computer generated images are legal according to both the US Supreme Court (Ashcroft v Free Speech Coalition 2002 and United States v Williams 2008) and the Illinois Supreme Court (People for the State of Illinois v Kenneth Alexander 2003) Not only are computer generated images legal, but they constitutionally protected speech under the first amendment unless deemed obscene. However, individuals have the right to look at obscene material in the privacy of their home (Stanley v Georgia US Supreme Court 1969)
The image (which again was legal) was found under a general search warrant. General search warrants are unconstitutional and have been since the founding of the United States. The US Supreme Court has also established general search warrants are unconstitutional and a violation of a person's right. ( Marron v United States 1927 US Supreme Court, Carpenter v United States 2018 US Supreme Court, Katz v United States 1967 US Supreme Court, Marcus v Search Warrant 1961 US Supreme Court, Groh v Ramirez 2004 US Supreme Court)
The warrant in this case did not particularize what they were supposed to be looking for and did not set up a protocol for how the search of the electronic devices was to be conducted. Instead, the search warrant seized only the computers and allowed the FBI to rummage through everything and seize anything that they saw was contraband without having probable cause for that item or was the reason for the seizure to begin with. In fact, the FBI used software to look for hash codes which are associated with child porn, something they weren't authorized to do, but the warrant being a general search warrant, allowed them to do just that, because the warrant didn't state what items they had probable cause for or what even the crime was, instead it allowed the FBI to violate my constitutional rights. Therefore, the search warrant was a general warrant.
The case is about an individual (ME) was arrested by the state under 1 charge for one image which was computer generated and was found under a general search warrant. Computer generated images are legal according to both the US Supreme Court (Ashcroft v Free Speech Coalition 2002 and United States v Williams 2008) and the Illinois Supreme Court (People for the State of Illinois v Kenneth Alexander 2003) Not only are computer generated images legal, but they constitutionally protected speech under the first amendment unless deemed obscene. However, individuals have the right to look at obscene material in the privacy of their home (Stanley v Georgia US Supreme Court 1969)
The image (which again was legal) was found under a general search warrant. General search warrants are unconstitutional and have been since the founding of the United States. The US Supreme Court has also established general search warrants are unconstitutional and a violation of a person's right. ( Marron v United States 1927 US Supreme Court, Carpenter v United States 2018 US Supreme Court, Katz v United States 1967 US Supreme Court, Marcus v Search Warrant 1961 US Supreme Court, Groh v Ramirez 2004 US Supreme Court)
The warrant in this case did not particularize what they were supposed to be looking for and did not set up a protocol for how the search of the electronic devices was to be conducted. Instead, the search warrant seized only the computers and allowed the FBI to rummage through everything and seize anything that they saw was contraband without having probable cause for that item or was the reason for the seizure to begin with. In fact, the FBI used software to look for hash codes which are associated with child porn, something they weren't authorized to do, but the warrant being a general search warrant, allowed them to do just that, because the warrant didn't state what items they had probable cause for or what even the crime was, instead it allowed the FBI to violate my constitutional rights. Therefore, the search warrant was a general warrant.