CJ Roberts: Emerging Technologies Present the Biggest Legal Challenge in Federal Courts, including SCOTUS

"Reconciling ever-changing science and technology with established Constitutional principles - set down by statutes and rulings long before the modern world was even imagined - will be an ongoing challenge for federal courts, especially his own, U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts said Wednesday {October 17, 2012] during a Rice University discussion reported the Houston Chronicle's Mike Tolson in Chief Justice Roberts: Technology among top issues for court.

"Is being able to see through walls a violation of search and seizure protections? I think it will be a good opportunity to see how prescient the framers were if the Constitution will be able to deal with these questions," Roberts told an audience of several thousand. "What is the fundamental protection offered by the Constitution when applied to new technology and situations? It's a question that comes along all the time."

Houston, that's the homebase of the very techno-knowledgeable 3 Geeksters. Perhaps SCOTUS should retain them as court-appointed advisors. Yup, this is just a quick comment as a follow-up to Mark Giangrande's much more timely Chief Justice Roberts Speaks post. Mark's post includes a video link to CJ Robert's presentation. Recommended. {JH}